Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan faces a no-confidence vote. He senses a conspiracy – and accuses a world power that is actually one of the country’s allies.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, facing a vote of no confidence, has formally protested at the US Embassy against an alleged plot to overthrow his government.
“It is now clear that the conspiracy has foreign ties and we have presented a protest note to the American embassy,” the 69-year-old former cricket star said in an interview with ARY News late Friday. The no-confidence vote driving the political opposition is scheduled for Sunday. It could result in Khan’s ouster.
According to Khan, the US conspired against him after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in February when he launched the war of aggression against Ukraine. The visit had been planned for around a month and took place at Putin’s invitation. Speaking to the nation on Friday, Khan said his government is in possession of a diplomatic document that provides “evidence” that a foreign country, with the help of opposition groups, has conspired to overthrow his government because it has an independent foreign policy follow.
With the impending vote of no confidence, the Prime Minister is facing the biggest challenge of his political career. Khan came to power in 2018 elections marred by allegations that the country’s powerful military rigged the election in his favour. The military is said to have withdrawn its support. Allied groups and several MPs from his own party have also defected to the opposition. In Pakistan’s 75-year history, marked by frequent coups by powerful generals, no prime minister has ever completed a five-year term.
The opposition accuses Khan of bad governance and incompetence on economic issues. Most recently, the prices for food, petrol and gas had risen massively in the country. The nuclear power has 220 million inhabitants.
Source: Stern
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