This is CBS I On The World with John Bacheler.

Here's John Bacheler.

From Pakistan, a stark headline.

Pakistan PM Sharif, to step down before Term ends next month.

Explanation Sharif who took over in April 2022 after leading a coalition of parties that removed

Ron Khan from power through a parliamentary vote of no confidence didn't say when exactly

he will quit.

I welcome Ambassador Haseena Kane, former ambassador from Pakistan to the United States, now

with the Hudson Institute and Bill Raju of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

keeping the long-word journal.

First, Mr. Ambassador, I am surprised.

What explains this to the people of Pakistan?

The brief stepping away after this tangle with Khan and his behavior the last year.

Good evening to you.

Good evening.

I think it's just a reflection of the noise that Ron Khan has successfully generated over

the last few months.

Look, Prime Minister Sharif is doing exactly what the constitution requires him to do.

The Pakistani constitution says that a government must step down when the term of parliament

ends, which ends on the 13th of August.

He has to step down before that or on that date.

When he does that within three months, in case it ends a few days before or within two months,

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