Pakistani opposition politician Shehbaz Sherif is expected to replace Imran Khan as prime minister.
Thomson ReutersPakistani opposition politician Shehbaz Sherif, shown speaking to the media at the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Islamabad on Thursday, is expected to replace Imran Khan as prime minister.
But Khan's party also submitted papers nominating a former foreign minister as a candidate for prime minister, saying their members of parliament would resign en masse should he lose, potentially creating the need for urgent byelections for their seats. "I tell all of my supporters across Pakistan, on Sunday, after Isha [evening] prayers, you all have to come out of your homes and protest peacefully against this imported government that is trying to come to power," he said in an address to the nation on Friday.His government fell in the early hours of Sunday after a 13-hour session that included repeated delays and lengthy speeches by lawmakers from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
The speaker would be obliged to accept those resignations, which would necessitate byelections in probably more than 100 seats.