Pakistan Parliament dismisses no-confidence motion against PM Khan

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, Report informs via Reuters.

Khan, whose fate was not immediately clear, advised the country's president to dissolve parliament, leading to fresh political instability in the nuclear-armed country of 220 million people.

"I've sent advice to the president to dissolve assemblies," Khan said in a televised address, referring to national and state legislatures.