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Post by sevenofnine on Aug 10, 2023 12:57:31 GMT -5
Breakng news on that new News of the world tv channel Pakistan's president ordered parliament dissolved, opening the door to a caretaker government that will usher in elections in which the country's most popular politician, Imran Khan, has been sidelined. The country has been in political turmoil since the former international cricket star was booted from power in April last year, culminating in his being jailed for graft at the weekend following a months-long crackdown on his party. A statement from the office of President Arif Alvi said he disbanded parliament on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who earlier in the day warned: "This country can't progress until we have national unity." The new interim prime minister must be announced within three days of the parliament's dissolution, and elections held within 90 days. The unlikely coalition between Pakistan's usually feuding dynastic parties -- which came together to kick out Khan -- has won little popular support while at the helm of the world's fifth-most populous country. www.newsoftheworld.us/pakistan-parliament-dissolved
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