ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court will hear a petition on Monday that seeks to add former prime minister Imran Khan’s name to the no-fly list, local media reported, as Pakistan witnessed history when Khan became the first prime minister to be ousted via a vote of no-confidence early Sunday. 

Khan, 69, was ousted from premiership when he lost the National Assembly’s confidence after a series of defections from his party and coalition partners. 

After an intense day that saw several twists and tumultuous political developments, Khan was voted out of office when 174 lawmakers voted against him. In the 342-member National Assembly, opposition parties needed only 172 votes to remove Khan. 

The opposition blamed the former prime minister for allegedly failing to tackle Pakistan’s economic crisis, foreign policy failures and mismanagement by his government. 

As the unfolded late Saturday, the petitioner, Maulvi Iqbal Haider, moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to place Khan’s name on the no-fly list and order an investigation into the purported letter from the US that carried threats to Pakistan. 

“The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear on Monday an application requesting to place the names of former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-ministers on the Exit Control List (ECL),” read a report in The News English-language newspaper.   

Along with Khan, the petitioner requested, the names of former information minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, ex-deputy speaker of National Assembly Qasim Suri and former Pakistan ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed be added to the no-fly list as well. 

Khan has said the campaign against him was backed by Washington, which was angered by his pursuit of an independent foreign policy for Pakistan. He last month spoke of the purported letter containing threats to his government. It later emerged that the letter was a cable written by a former Pakistani ambassador to the US, who had conveyed "threats" by a senior US official. 

The former prime minister said — without evidence — that Pakistan’s opposition parties were colluding with the US to bring his government down. Washington and the opposition have denied the claims.