The US government strongly denied any role in the no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, calling the allegations of US involvement false.
The US government responded forcefully after Prime Minister Imran Khan displayed a letter during a power show at D-chowk on Sunday, claiming that it contained evidence of a foreign plan against him and that the Opposition’s no-trust motion is also part of this foreign plot to destabilize his government.
The gist of the premier’s “;threat letter”; was also shared with senior media on Wednesday. Meanwhile, PTI chairman Faisal Vawda alleged that a “plan is being developed to assassinate Prime Minister Imran Khan.”;
In response to an inquiry from Geo News about the “;threat letter,”; the US State Department unequivocally denied any role in the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
“Allegations of US involvement in the no-trust vote and ‘;threat letter’ to Prime Minister Imran Khan are false,”; the State Department said.
However, the US government is monitoring Pakistan’s political situation and supports the rule of law, according to the State Department.
Concerning the issue of a no-trust vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the US State Department stated that it respects Pakistan’s constitutional process.
PM Imran Khan believes a ‘foreign hand’ is behind efforts to destabilize his government.
During one of the PTI’s “largest”; rallies in its history at Islamabad’s Parade Ground, the premier displayed a letter to the crowd, claiming that he has “written evidence”; that “money has been coming in from overseas,”; while “some of our people are being exploited to overturn the government.”;
He claimed that for months, “plotting and scheming has been carried out to influence Pakistan’s foreign policy from outside.”;
A diplomat’s take on the ‘;threat letter’
According to Abdul Basit, a former high commissioner to India, such threats to diplomats are unheard of.
“Incidents, when state authorities tell ambassadors that they would terminate ties if a country’s government is not sent packing, have never been heard before,”; he said.
Basit, the former Pakistani ambassador to Germany, stated on Geo News’ ‘Aaj Shahzaib Khanzada Ke Saath’ that “important subjects of foreign policies should not be discussed in public.”;
He stated that the memo referred to by the prime minister most likely contains the minutes of a meeting between US officials and a Pakistani diplomat and that the document may also include the diplomat’s judgment of the future.
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