Tamanna Salikuddin on the Fall of Pakistan’s Imran Khan

April 13, 2022 00:08:35
Tamanna Salikuddin on the Fall of Pakistan’s Imran Khan
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Tamanna Salikuddin on the Fall of Pakistan’s Imran Khan

Apr 13 2022 | 00:08:35

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Show Notes

Over the weekend, Imran Khan became the first Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a no-confidence vote. USIP's Tamanna Salikuddin says, "There are a lot of reasons why he lost the support of [the] military establishment and also parliament" but that "his downfall really, number one, was the economy."

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