Pakistan Current Affairs

Bilquis Edhi passed away on April 15, 2022 in Karachi due to congestive heart failure after a prolonged illness. She was 74 years old.

Shahbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on April 11, 2022. He is the younger brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He is a member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and has been a Member of the National Assembly since 2018.

Imran Khan became the first Prime Minister in Pakistan’s history to have been removed from office through a no-confidence vote on April 10, 2022. Khan, who came to power in 2018, lost the vote after losing the support of his coalition partners. The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had tabled the no-confidence motion against Khan, accusing him of economic mismanagement and misgovernance.

Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was sentenced to 31 years in jail for terrorism. He was convicted in two separate cases of terror financing in February and April 2022. Saeed is the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a militant group that is banned in Pakistan and India. LeT is accused of carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which killed 166 people, including six Americans.

Imran Khan lost the no-confidence motion on April 10, 2022. Khan, who came to power in 2018, lost the vote after losing the support of his coalition partners. The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had tabled the no-confidence motion against Khan, accusing him of economic mismanagement and misgovernance.