Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted as the country’s leader early Sunday following a parliamentary vote of no confidence as opponents blamed him for a slumping economy and failure to meet campaign promises.Opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the country’s 342-member lower house of Parliament – two more than required — to oust the charismatic cricket star-turned-conservative-Islamist-politician after many former Khan supporters decided to desert him.Opposition spanning the political spectrum from the left to the radically religious will form the new government, with the head of the Pakistani Muslim League expected to take power.
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