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The India Fix: What does the dramatic Army-Imran Khan fallout in Pakistan mean for Delhi? #IndiaNEWS
Welcome to The India Fix by Shoaib Daniyal, a newsletter on Indian politics. To get it in your inbox every Monday, sign up here. Have feedback, interesting links or memes? Send them to shoaib@scroll.in.Faced with falling numbers in the National Assembly, Pakistan Prime Minister had said that he would “play till the last ball�. And he did. Even if he ended up losing, becoming the first prime minister in Pakistani history to be booted out in a no-confidence vote.On Saturday, forced into a no-confidence vote by the Supreme Court, Khan and his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, decided to filibuster proceedings. The term borrowed from American legislative practice, involves legislators delivering long-winded speeches in the hope of delaying a vote (the record is a held by a racist US senator who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in an attempt to block equal voting rights for African Americans).However, even as Khan’s PTI was trying to slow things down in the Assembly, things were heating up outside.News channels put out reports that the Pakistan Supreme Court was preparing for a special midnight hearing if its order to carry out the vote on Saturday was violated. The Pakistani Election Commission opened its offices, ready to fire the speaker (a PTI man) on the orders...Read more

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