Dutch politician Geert Wilders hails Imran Khan's ouster; 'enemy of democracy, India'

Dutch politician and founder of Party for Freedom Geert Wilders on Sunday weighed in on ouster of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan from office calling him an 'Islamic extremist' and a 'supporter of terror'. Imran Khan was ousted on Sunday after losing -confidence motion in Pakistan National Assembly. 

Welcoming -trust verdict on Twitter, Wilders opined that it was 'good' that Imran Khan had been removed from office. Furr, he dubbed  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader an 'enemy of freedom, democracy, and India'. 

Imran Khan loses -trust vote in dramatic midnight session

After a series of twists and turns and a midnight session, Pakistan National Assembly passed -confidence motion against Imran Khan in wee hours of Sunday. 174 MNAs recorded ir vote in favor of motion, crossing  majority mark in 342-member assembly.

development followed high octane drama in assembly and in Islamabad throughout course of day. session which was convened following a landmark Supreme Court order against ruling PTI government, was set to vote on -trust motion at 10.30 AM, but members of House were allowed to speak at great lengths with speaker Asad Qaiser, adjourning House at frequent intervals. Ultimately, Qaiser refused to hold -trust vote against Imran Khan altoger, saying that he cant 'betray' him, invoking fury of Opposition, which accused him of 'contempt'.

A seeming intervention was carried out by Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) General Nadeem Anjum, and or senior military officials who reached Prime Minister's House to meet him. reafter, a session was called late at night where Qaiser and Deputy Speaker of National Assembly Qasim Suri were made to tender ir resignation. 

Pakistan Parliament will w elect its new leader on April 11. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has been formally minated as Prime Ministerial candidate by Joint Opposition.