Pakistani PM candidates file nomination papers
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Candidates in Pakistan that will replace the ousted Prime Minister file their nomination papers.
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Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif (left) and former FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi (right) are the race's front-runners
Candidates nominating themselves to replace Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan have filed their nomination papers on Sunday, a mere hours after Imran Khan lost the national assembly's no-confidence vote.
The current front-runners in the race for office, according to the Dawn daily, are opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif and former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi from Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
The parliament voted Saturday to dismiss Khan, cut short his four-year term and will meet again on Monday to elect a new prime minister.
After being ousted, Khan again accused foreign powers, chiefly the US, of being behind a regime-change conspiracy in Pakistan, announcing the beginning of a freedom struggle.
Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party called for nationwide demonstrations against the plot to install an "imported" government in Pakistan. Protests were scheduled for 9:30 pm local time.
![In a 2021 interview with Frontline by former US special representative James Jeffrey, he says he had "engaged with [HTS] via backchannels while serving in President Trump’s State Department. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)](https://alpha-en-media.almayadeen.net/media/image/2024/12/21/b4a69f2e-8682-43e4-9d37-49482b304ab3/3.png?v=2&format=webp "In a 2021 interview with Frontline by former US special representative James Jeffrey, he says he had \"engaged with [HTS] via backchannels while serving in President Trump’s State Department. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)")
