The disorder of things: rethinking social critique in postcolonial Pakistan

Memon, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-7743 2022. The disorder of things: rethinking social critique in postcolonial Pakistan. [Online]. TWAILR: Third World Approaches to International Law Review: TWAILR: Third World Approaches to International Law Review. Available at: https://twailr.com/the-disorder-of-things-rethinki...

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Abstract

On 8 March 2022, Shebaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistani opposition party, the Pakistan Muslim League (N), tabled a no-confidence motion asking for the removal of Imran Khan as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for being unable to handle the country’s economic crises. This motion was allowed to be tabled by a majority vote that included members of Imran Khan’s own party. As time got closer to the no-confidence vote, Khan attempted to resist the growing opposition on all political fronts. This included rallies where Khan claimed fear of assassination and foreign intervention, and served legal notice to members of his own political party for ‘defection’ under Article 63A of the Constitution of Pakistan. On 3 April, by which time Khan had lost all his political allies, President Arif Alvi announced the dissolution of the National Assembly on Khan’s behest. On the same day, the opposition party challenged the dissolution in the Supreme Court, which ruled all orders for dissolution are subject to the Supreme Court’s consent. The court order enabled the opposition party and its coalition to conduct their own session of the National Assembly on the same day and vote Khan out and vote in the opposition leader, Sharif, as the interim Prime Minister on 3 April 2022. Amid an economic crash on 10 June 2022, the interim government released the financial budget for 2022-2023 while reaching agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an extension of the bailout agreement, made previously with Khan’s Government, from USD 6 billion to 8 billion. Soon after, in another political surprise, the by-elections showed a clear win for Khan’s party in the province of Punjab, historically dominated by the Sharif family, raising calls for a general election. On 20 August 2022, a warrant for the arrest of Imran Khan was filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 for ‘threatening the Police and Judiciary’ at a public rally.

Item Type:	Website Content
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	TWAILR: Third World Approaches to International Law Review
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 March 2024
Date of Acceptance:	20 June 2022
Last Modified:	31 May 2024 11:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167541

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