...aka The Great Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five...
was tossed out of office early Sunday morning in Pakistain, with the country's main legislative body voting by a bare majority in favor of a no-confidence measure directed at the now-former leader.
Members of the opposition party in Pakistain's National Assembly voted 174-168 in favor of the no-confidence resolution, securing a razor-thin margin in favor of throwing out Khan, a former cricket star turned political leader.
Members of Khan's party had earlier staged walkouts in opposition to the process. The parliamentarian speaker of the house had also resigned in protest.
While no Pak prime minister has ever completed a full term in the country's 75-year history, Khan is the first Pak prime minister to be removed from office through a no-confidence measure. The prime minister had earlier tried to dissolve parliament in an attempt to head off efforts to oust him.
Critics had alleged that Khan had mismanaged the country's economic affairs. Khan, meanwhile, has called upon his supporters to stage nationwide demonstrations in opposition to the efforts to unseat him.
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[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
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