No prime minister in the country's history has seen out a full term, and Khan is facing the biggest challenge to his rule since being elected in 2018, with opponents accusing him of economic mismanagement and foreign-policy bungling.
"He will fight until the last over and the last ball," Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told reporters, using a cricket analogy to describe Khan – one of the sport's all-time international greats before he entered politics.
Debate on the no-confidence motion is due to start Thursday, leaving Khan scrambling to keep his own Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members on side – as well as a slew of minority parties.
The country's government is also battling to contain a rise in militancy by the Pakistani Taliban, which on Wednesday announced a Ramadan offensive against security forces.
The group said it will start on the first day of the Islamic fasting month, which begins on Sunday or Monday.
The military said six of its troops had been killed near the border with Afghanistan on Wednesday in an attack claimed by the TTP.
Khan had been due to address the nation on Wednesday evening, but it was later postponed without a reason.
On paper Khan's ruling PTI and coalition partners have 176 seats in the 342-member assembly, but on Wednesday the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P) said its seven lawmakers would vote with the opposition, which has a combined 163 seats.
More than a dozen PTI lawmakers have also indicated they will cross the floor, although...
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