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Imran Khan calls supporters onto streets after losing premiership in confidence vote
A supporter of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan chants slogans during a rally in Lahore, Pakistan this evening

IMRAN KHAN blamed foreign-backed “regime change” after losing a confidence vote in parliament and the Pakistani premiership today.

Mr Khan accused the United States of interference. 

“Pakistan became an independent state in 1947, but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change,” he declared.

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