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Pakistan on Sunday the 3rd of April 2022 is headed for a snap mid-term elections after President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

This happened within minutes after the National Assembly’s deputy speaker rejected the no-trust motion against the prime minister, saying that the government cannot be changed “on the directives of foreign powers” – meaning the US.

The status of National Assembly in Pakistan is what Lok Sabha is in Indian Parliament where majority elects a prime minister.

Soon after the rejection of  vote of no-confidence in Pak’s National Assembly, Imran Khan, in his address to nation, announced that he had proposed to President Arif Alvi to dissolve the assembly.

It was widely reported that Imran’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) effectively lost its majority in the 342-member assembly last week when a coalition partner said its seven lawmakers would vote with the opposition.

Khan has accused the opposition of conspiring with “foreign powers” to remove him because he won’t take the West’s side on global issues against Russia and China.

Earlier this week he accused the United States of meddling in Pakistan’s affairs, a charge US denied.