Pakistan: vote on no-confidence motion against Imran Khan today

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faces the biggest test of his political career today as lawmakers of the Pakistan National Assembly vote on the no-confidence motion brought against him by the united opposition.

Khan's ruling coalition has aleady lost the majority in the house with allies changing sides and joining the opposition.

Khan needs 172 votes in the lower house of 342 to foil the Opposition's bid to topple him. However, the Opposition claims it has the support of 175 lawmakers and the prime minister should immediately resign.

A defiant Khan has said that he will not resign despite losing the majority and insisted that he will "fight till the last ball" and face the vote of no-confidence in the National Assembly on Sunday.

Hours before the voting, Khan urged the country's youth to stage "peaceful protests" against a "foreign conspiracy" allegedly hatched against his government. He told them that he has "more than one plan" for Sunday's crucial vote on the no-confidence motion.

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No Pakistani prime minister has ever completed a full five-year term in office. Also, no prime minister in Pakistan's history has ever been ousted through a no-confidence motion, and Khan is the third premier to face the challenge.