In the first indication that Pakistan’s security agencies may be going against the crisis-hit Imran Khan, a top official told News18 that they have not found any credible evidence related to his claim of a “conspiracy by the United States to oust him”. . The US has repeatedly denied the claims.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Maryam Nawaz will address a press conference at 9.20 pm.
Last week, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Khan The US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, was named as the person who allegedly “warned” an envoy from Pakistan to the US. Khan said that he had problems with his foreign policy, especially his foreign policy. trip to russia And the stance on the ongoing war in Ukraine. He said Lu had played a key role in the opposition’s filing of a no-confidence motion against his government.
Donald Lu has served in India and Pakistan as a political official and was also a deputy envoy at the US Embassy in New Delhi.
The cable was reportedly sent on March 7 a day before the opposition moved a no-confidence motion and demanded a National Assembly session to vote on it. Meanwhile, it has separately emerged that the cable was sent by the then Ambassador of Pakistan to the US, Asad Majeed, on the basis of a meeting with Lu, according to the Dawn newspaper report.
A US State Department spokesman said: “There is no truth to these allegations.”
According to some diplomatic sources in Washington, the letter could be a diplomatic cable from Washington, prepared by a senior Pakistani diplomat.
Furthermore, Khan, in his address to Pakistanis on 31 March, made a somewhat deliberate attempt at a slip of the tongue, saying: “On or before March 8, on March 7, the US sent us – not America but a foreign country. Sent us a message. Why am I talking about this, it is against me and the country to receive such a message for an independent country… It says that if the no-confidence motion is passed, Pakistan will be pardoned. If not, there will be consequences, Khan said in his speech, adding that the letter has been sent to Pakistan’s foreign ministry.
White House communications director Kate Bedingald said: there was no truth to the allegation.
Relations between Pakistan and the US have long been strained, with some lawmakers angered by Pakistan’s role in helping the Taliban. Its alignment with China and Imran’s sudden visit to Russia during the initial phase of Russia’s war on Ukraine also prompted the US to express its concern about Pakistan’s behaviour.
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