‘If I lose, …’: Imran Khan’s emotional pitch ahead of trust vote this week The Hindustan Times 5th March, 2021 03:28:02 Ahead of a vote of confidence, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that he was prepared to sit in the opposition in the event of a defeat but wouldn’t abandon his campaign against corruption. The vote of confidence has been necessitated by Pakistan finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh’s shock defeat in the Senate elections on Wednesday. Shaikh was trounced by former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani, the joint opposition candidate, after lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party broke ranks in the secret ballot.