Portrait Of Imran Khan
The Pakistani rupee trades at greater than one hundred eighty to the dollar, 50% greater than when Mr Khan took charge. The World Bank says GDP per particular person has fallen from practically $1,500 in 2018 to $1,200 in 2020. Mr Khan’s confrontational style and insistence on jailing “corrupt” political opponents also left little room to manoeuvre whereas defending a slim majority. The crisis has flared shortly and displays a speedy downturn in Mr Khan’s fortunes. The 69-year-old won energy in 2018 on an anti-corruption platform, promising to dislodge the country’s venal political elite. If the judges rule towards Mr Khan, the no-confidence vote will be held and he'll almost certainly be out of energy, less than 4 years into his five-year time period. The now-former prime minister is a celebrity with a large ego and a loyal base of support. You have to recollect he was a celebrity earlier than he was prime minister, having been the captain of the country’s national cricket sta...