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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister 

Imran Khan

 on Saturday won a trust vote in the 

National Assembly

 amid a boycott call by the 

Opposition

 parties, strengthening his government's legitimacy after an embarrassing defeat of the finance minister in the hotly-contested Senate elections.


Prime Minister Khan secured 178 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament during a special session convened on the directives of President Arif Alvi. A total of 172 votes was needed for a simple majority.


The floor test took place without the Opposition as the 

Pakistan Democratic Movement

 (PDM) – an alliance of 11 parties – boycotted the voting.


The 68-year-old cricketer-turned politician had decided to take a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament after his finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was defeated in the closely-fought Senate election on Wednesday. The Opposition demanded the Prime Minister's resignation after the debacle.

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