Imran Khan survived a move to oust him as Pakistan's prime minister on Sunday, getting a reprieve when the deputy speaker of parliament blocked a no-confidence motion as unconstitutional.
Khan's fate was not immediately clear, leading to fresh political instability in the nuclear-armed country of 220 million people.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, head of the opposition Pakistan People's Party , promised a sit-in at the parliament and told reporters, "We are also moving to the Supreme Court today." No prime minister has finished a full five-year term since independence from Britain in 1947, and generals on several occasions have ruled the country, which is perennially at odds with fellow nuclear-armed neighbour India.
With coalition partners and some of his own lawmakers defecting earlier in the week, Khan had looked set to fall below the 172 votes needed to survive the no-confidence vote.A prominent newspaper had recently said Khan was "as good as gone", but he had urged his supporters to take to the streets on Sunday ahead of the planned vote.
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