Pakistani PM steps up criticism of west as confidence vote looms

Imran Khan seeks to bolster domestic support amid threat from opposition coalition and cooling relations with military

Addressing the crowds at a public rally in Punjab last week, Pakistan's prime minister was on the attack. Western leaders, Imran Khan said, treated Pakistan as their slave" and presumed that whatever you say, we will do".

Days before, it had been announced that Khan would be facing a vote of no confidence in parliament at the end of March, after more than 100 members of Pakistan's united opposition successfully tabled a motion to oust him. The vote will take place on Friday 25 March.