Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted from power after losing a no-confidence vote.<\/span><\/p>\n Pakistan Democracy:<\/b> Pakistan\u2019s flawed democracy is still seen as a \u201cguided democracy\u201d. No elected Prime Minister there has ever completed his or her five-year term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, this is the first time a sitting PM in Pakistan has been voted out, this has been a normal occurrence in India. This suggests democracy in Pakistan is gradually finding its feet, albeit with some help from the military establishment.<\/span><\/p>\n Pakistan Army still in Control: <\/b>Known to be the Pakistan Army\u2019s candidate, Imran Khan\u2019s government was widely referred to as a \u201chybrid regime\u201d. His ouster is a clear signal that the Pakistan Army is in \u201ccomplete control\u201d. It has shown that the power to change the prime minister still lies in Rawalpindi \u2014 the Pakistan Army\u2019s headquarters.<\/span><\/p>\n The next Prime Minister might be Shehbaz Sharif. This is important for India, as the Sharif family has always been very positive about improving relations with India.<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, at present, there are some green shoots in the otherwise troublesome India-Pakistan ties:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013<\/span> First<\/b>, the ceasefire<\/a>, as agreed upon in February 2021 has largely been adhered to. This builds confidence that the understanding at the higher political-military level as well as the ground level has been observed, and they are broadly in sync.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 <\/span>Second<\/b>, the situation in Afghanistan, and India\u2019s humanitarian help such as the transportation of wheat via Pakistan have shown that there is scope for cooperation for \u201climited purposes\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Hence, from India\u2019s perspective, the power shift in Pakistan signals the possibility of an improvement of ties, amid potential challenges and difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n Source:<\/b> This post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cExplained: What Imran Khan\u2019s ouster as Pakistan PM means for India\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Indian Express <\/b>on <\/span>11th April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted from power after losing a no-confidence vote. What are the key takeaways from this? Pakistan Democracy: Pakistan\u2019s flawed democracy is still seen as a \u201cguided democracy\u201d. No elected Prime Minister there has ever completed his or her five-year term.\u00a0 However, this is the… Continue reading Explained: What Imran Khan\u2019s ouster as Pakistan PM means for India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-178678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700804282,"cached_date":1704887465},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are the key takeaways from this?<\/b><\/h5>\n
How will this impact India-Pakistan relations?<\/b><\/h5>\n