Imran Khan government in Pakistan at risk after shock setback
Pakistan s Prime Minister Imran Khan
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. Updated: 04 Mar 2021, 01:58 PM IST Bloomberg
Khan faced a surprise loss in the country’s Senate after Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh lost a tightly fought battle for a seat in the indirectly elected house against the opposition-backed former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will seek a confidence vote in the National Assembly, or parliament’s lower house, after his finance minister lost an election for a seat in the upper house, the biggest test yet for his three-year-old government. The key stock index fell on the news.