Accusations of ‘American conspiracy’ confused the country
In Pakistan, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has again denied allegations that the United States played a role in Khan’s dismissal in April 2022, in a statement on a television show.
Sharif stated that Khan upheld a conspiracy against him because of his relationship with Russia, saying: “We bought crude oil from Russia at a reduced price. God forbid, if our government was established under an American conspiracy, how did we get this crude oil from Russia? he used his statements.
Noting that the issue was discussed in the National Security Council with Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, Esad Majid Khan, Sharif said Majid Khan said there was no reference to any conspiracy in the confidential document of his meeting with the official US Department of State.
PTI INVESTIGATION APPLICATION
In the statement made by the Pakistan Justice Movement (PTI), the party of the jailed Khan, it was claimed that the details revealed about the aforementioned secret document once again confirmed their stance that Imran Khan was sacked for conspiracy.
The statement called for an investigation into the confidential document in question.
CLAIMS
News website The Intercept, which broadcasts in the US, claimed it had reached the document of the secret meeting allegedly held on March 7, 2022 between the former US ambassador to Pakistan, Esad Majid Khan, and two Department officials. US State
According to the news, which is based on a document allegedly belonging to the Pakistani government and containing the content of the meeting, the US side conveyed its displeasure to former Ambassador Majid Khan over former Pakistani Prime Minister Khan’s neutral stance in the Russia-War. Ukraine.
Donald Lu, deputy assistant secretary of state for the Office of South and Central Asian Affairs, who participated in the meeting, vowed to build warmer relations between Washington and Islamabad if the no-confidence vote on Han is accepted, saying, “I think if the vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister is successful, there will be all the votes in Washington, everything will be forgiven because the visit to Russia is seen as a decision of the Prime Minister. Honestly, I think that the isolation of Prime Minister (Han) from the US and Europe (if he remains in office) will be strong. he shared his opinion.
One day after the meeting, said to have taken place on March 7, 2022, opposition parties in Pakistan submitted a “vote of no confidence” motion against former Prime Minister Imran Khan to the Secretary of the President of the National Assembly.
A month after the meeting, the government of Imran Khan fell, receiving 174 negative votes in the confidence vote held in the Pakistani Parliament on April 10, 2022.