Social: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. Opposition joined hands to submit no-confidence motion against 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]
Motion from the surface looked like a normal democratic excersice, however it is widely believed that the military establishment backed by the influence of 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 longest political crises in the history of Pakistan.
References
- ↑ Baloch, Shah Meer (April 11, 2022). "Pakistan assembly elects Shehbaz Sharif as new prime minister". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/11/pakistan-assembly-elects-shehbaz-sharif-as-new-prime-minister.
- ↑ Wasim, Amir (March 18, 2022). "PTI dissidents surface in Sindh House ‘sanctuary’". https://www.dawn.com/news/1680567/pti-dissidents-surface-in-sindh-house-sanctuary.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hussain, Ryan Grim, Murtaza (August 9, 2023). "Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan". https://theintercept.com/2023/08/09/imran-khan-pakistan-cypher-ukraine-russia/.
- ↑ "Pakistan Ranks 129 out of 140 in Rule of Law Index". 26 October 2022. https://worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/files/documents/Pakistan.pdf.
- ↑ Hashim, Asad. "Elite privilege consumes $17.4bn of Pakistan’s economy: UNDP". https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/13/elite-privilege-consumes-17-4bn-of-pakistans-economy-undp.
- ↑ "Imran Khan: Pakistan military is 'petrified' of elections". August 3, 2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66391332.
- ↑ "On GPS: 'There is no rule of law' in Pakistan | CNN". May 21, 2023. https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/05/21/exp-gps-0521-khan-on-arrest.cnn.
- ↑ Javed, Umair (June 27, 2022). "Civilian supremacy?". https://www.dawn.com/news/1696963.
- ↑ ANI (2022-03-02). "PDM chief Fazl claims support of 180 MNAs for no-trust vote against Imran Khan govt" (in en-US). https://theprint.in/world/pdm-chief-fazl-claims-support-of-180-mnas-for-no-trust-vote-against-imran-khan-govt/855820/.
- ↑ Hussain, Ryan Grim, Murtaza (December 18, 2023). "Secret Pakistan Document Undermines Espionage Case Against Imran Khan". https://theintercept.com/2023/12/18/pakistan-cypher-imran-khan-charges/.
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