AN ANALYSIS OF THE VOTE NO-CONFIDENCE AGAINST IMRAN KHAN

Imran Khan was the first prime minister in Pakistan who was removed from his office through a vote of no-confidence in April 2022. Before Imran Khan, such motions were initiated against Benazir Bhutto in 90s and Shaukat Aziz 2007, but the oppositions could not succeed. Both primary and secondary data have been consulted for identifying the factors which has been anaylzed through content analysis techniques. This manuscript attempts to explore and analyze the factors that contributed to the successful culmination of the vote of no-confidence against Imran Khan. We found that Imran Khan’s relations with the establishment, internal rift within the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf, stubbornness towards his rivals, over-confidence and Khan’s policy towards Russia and America paved the way to the success of vote of no-confidence in April 2022.