“We now have given a demarche to the American embassy” protesting its blatant interference in the country’s affairs, Prime Minister Imran Khan told Pakistan’s ARY TV today, in an exclusive interview. So much for any doubts about which “powerful country” is threatening to overthrow his government.
The decision to file had been taken by the National Security Cabinet on March 31, after it was briefed on the report filed by a Pakistani Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry, reporting on “the formal communication by a senior official of a foreign country … in a formal meeting” with the Ambassador to that country, that if Imran Khan was not removed from office, Pakistan would face “difficulties,” even, according to Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar, “horrific consequences.” The ouster of the PM, however, would be “a good result,” the ambassador was reportedly told.
Khan has pointed out that the official doing the threatening specifically referenced removing Khan through a no-confidence vote, before the opposition parties had even filed for that vote, thus proving that the vote to oust him is directed from abroad.
