Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan. File photoNEW DELHI, Apr 12 Former Pakistani Prime Minister and leader of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Imran Khan, took to Twitter to demand an immediate parliamentary election in the country, which would determine a new head of government.
"We demand immediate elections as the only way forward is to let the people decide through fair and free elections who they want as their prime minister", Khan wrote.
He added that he intends to hold a prayer in the city of Peshawar. «On Wednesday I will hold a jalsa in Peshawar … My first jalsa after I was deposed due to regime change provoked by foreigners. I want all our people to come, since Pakistan was created as an independent, sovereign state, and not as a puppet state of foreign powers,» Khan wrote. Earlier, the lower house of Pakistan's parliament elected Shahbaz Sharif, president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), as prime minister. He was effectively the only candidate in the elections after the Tehreek-e-Insaf party withdrew from parliament shortly before the scheduled election of a new prime minister. />Pakistan will continue to strengthen ties with Russia, the republic's Senate said. At the same time, on the eve of the vote on the candidacy of the prime minister, thousands of protesters took place in Pakistan in support of Khan and his Tehreek-e-Insaf party. As the ex-premier himself noted, «never in our history have such crowds come out so spontaneously and in such numbers, rejecting an imported government led by swindlers.» Khan previously stated that his independent foreign policy irritated «foreign powers», in particular the United States , and they funded the opposition's motion of no confidence. In turn, the US State Department claimed that Khan's words about Washington's involvement in the alleged plot to overthrow his government are not true. Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister took to the streets