1996: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Khan founded his own political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in 1996. In national elections held one year later, the PTI won less than 1 percent of the vote and failed to win any seats in parliament. It fared slightly better in the 2002 elections, winning a single seat that Khan filled.
In 2007, Khan was among a group of politicians who resigned from the National Assembly, protesting Gen. Pervez Musharraf's candidacy in the upcoming presidential election. When Musharraf declared a state of emergency, Khan was briefly imprisoned during a crackdown against the general's critics. In 2008, PTI boycotted the national elections to protest Musharraf's rule.
It was only a decade later that Khan's party made a significant entrance into parliament, gaining support especially among the younger generation. Khan continued his criticism of corruption and economic inequality and held protests demanding the US stop firing missiles in Pakistan's northwest during its military campaign in Afghanistan.
2013: Opposition leader
In the 2013 general election, PTI emerged as a serious player and became the second-largest party by popular vote, although still won less than half the number of seats won by the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif. It also formed the provincial government in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
In 2014, Khan accused the PML-N of rigging the vote and led mass protests to pressure Sharif to step down. In 2016, the Supreme Court agreed to open an investigation, which disqualified Sharif from holding public office in 2017.
In elections held the following year, Khan ran on a platform of fighting corruption and poverty.
2018: Premiership
With a promise of bringing in a new class of clean politicians and lifting millions of people out of poverty, Khan was seen as an agent of change by voters disillusioned with the old political order, and his party swept to election victory in July 2018.
The PTI won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly, allowing Khan to seek a coalition with independent members of the parliament. He became prime minister on August 18, 2018.
As prime minister, Khan faced a mounting balance-of-payments crisis, forcing him to seek foreign aid from "friendly countries," which he later received in the form of loans and investment from China, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
The COVID-19 pandemic aggravated Pakistan's economic woes and Khan lost public support over rocketing inflation and foreign debt.
2020: Joint opposition against Khan
In late 2020, the major opposition parties formed a coalition, the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), saying their aims was to increase the independence of civilian government from the military establishment. During protests and rallies, PDM members accused Khan of being a puppet of the army, mismanaging the economy, and called on him to step down.
On 8 march Pdm Joint Opposition brings No Confidence motion Against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
On April 3 2022 Deputy Speaker of National Assembly Qasim Suri rejected the vote of no- confidence motion moved by the joint opposition against Prime Minister Imran Khan, on the basis of Article 5 of the Constitution of Pakistan, under which loyalty to the state was the basic duty of every citizen.
The deputy speaker in his ruling said the no-confidence motion should be in line with the Constitution, laws, and rules. "No foreign power has the right to topple an elected government under any conspiracy. So I give the ruling that (the) no-confidence resolution is against the national integrity and sovereignty and I give the ruling to disallow the no-confidence resolution as per rules and law."
On April 03 Pm Khan Advice the President Of Pakistan Arif Alvi To Dissolve The assemblies..
Pakistan's president on dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan, foiling an attempt by the opposition to boot Khan from office.
Judiciary Take a suo moto action on The Case of Ruling of Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri..
The Supreme Court on Thursday 07 April 2022 set aside deputy speaker's ruling to dismiss the no-trust resolution against Prime Minister Imran and the subsequent dissolution of the NA by the president on the PM's advice, with all five judges unanimously voting 5-0 against it.
supreme Court Rejected the Statement of Qasim Suri And Restore The Assemblies and Give Order To Complete the No Confidence motion Against Prime Minister Imran Khan on 9 April...
Pakistan's parliament voted out Prime Minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence motion late Saturday, capping a month-long political turmoil that gripped the nation of 220 million.
As many as 174 lawmakers voted in favor of the no-trust motion, two more than the required 172 for a simple majority in the 324-member National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.
It is the first time a Pakistani prime minister has ever been ousted by a no-confidence motion put forward by the opposition.