Haqeeqi Azadi Movement | |
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Date | 9 April 2022 - Present |
Location | Pakistan |
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The Haqeeqi Azadi Movement (Urdu: حقیقی آزادی) is a political movement started by Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, after he was sacked from his office on 9 April 2022. The opposition joined hands to submit a no-confidence motion against the former prime minister in March 2022, and they were deemed successful by managing to secure 172 votes, enough to oust a sitting prime minister. [9]
The motion from the surface looked like a normal democratic exercise, however it is widely believed[ by whom?] that the military establishment, backed by the influence of the United States government, had a prominent role in the ousting of Imran Khan, evident by the report of The Intercept in August 2023 which published a leaked copy of the cable, which it claimed to have received from a disgruntled member of Pakistan's military. [10]
After the day of ousting, supporters of Imran Khan in large numbers took to the streets as a solidarity protest, which kickstarted the current movement, which have been convoluted as one of the longest political crises in the history of Pakistan.
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