Pakistan prime Minister Imran Khan said the US “threatened” him and is seeking his removal from office when he encountersconfidence vote in Coming days that could mean the end of his premiership.
Khan, who opposition parties blame of bad management and economic incompetence, said at a rally on On Sunday he had a letter saying that a foreign country was plotting against he and his political opponents works at his direction.
IN live televised address to the nation on Thursday same day confidence the debate has begun in The parliamentarian said that “America threatened me” when talking about the letter, before trying to correct himself and saying that “it was a foreign country.”
United States government vehemently denied any involvement in in vote of No confidence and they called the allegations baseless.
Abdul Basit, former diplomat told local media the so-called threatening letter was a diplomatic assessment of the Pakistani former US Ambassador Assad Majid Khan and no US threat government.
Opposition parties put aside their differences to unite in antikhan coalition as inflation soared and prime minister seems to have lost support of in military institution enrolled with bringing him to power in in first place. That confidence vote should be held on April 3rd.
At first of In his address to the nation, Khan said: “Today I have to talk about something important regarding future. I decided to make this address live because Pakistan is at a turning point and we have two paths ahead of us of us”.
He claimed that the letter read: “If vote of No confidence okay, we’ll forgive you. If this fails and Imran Khan remains in prime minister then pakistan will in difficult situation”.
Khan said in his address: “I never wanted be a slave of any country. When I came to power I decided that we would have an independent external policy”.
He was expected to address on Wednesday, but was forced to postpone it until Thursday after a vital coalition party joined opposition, putting an end to his majority in in parliament.
That move from Muttahid Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) puts the expected number of opposition votes against Khan at 177 – five more than 172 what you need in 342 members national assembly to drive him out.
That main opposition leaders Shahbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari asked Khan to step down before vote since he lost the majority, but since the political temperature rising in Islamabad odds of are considered to be slim.
That information minister Fawad Chaudhry, on Wednesday tweeted: “Basic minister Imran Khan player who fights up last ball. He will not retire.” Khan holds rallies of his supporters before confidence vote.
Khan has also threatened the deputies with anger of masses, if they vote against to him. Kanwar Naveed Jameel, Deputy Convener of MQM-P, was persecuted and called a traitor Khan’s supporters in Islamabad international the airport on Wednesday after it party broke up with in prime minister.
Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar of opposition peoples of pakistan party (PPP), the third largest in parliament said populist politicians around the world were polarizing societies, and Khan was no exception.
“Khan over years have portrayed opposition leaders and their parties as corrupt, traitors and branded them as public enemies. He and his ministers publicly threatened dissidents in his own party of severe consequences for without choosing side with his government in in vote of No confidence,” he said.
“Now they’ve accepted it step further, chasing and attacking a member of in former coalition partner who I recently decided to leave with Imran Khan government … We wish see it loaded out through democratic and parliamentary procedure of No-confidence vote. Possibly Imran Khan should sit back and reflect on his own performance in office not spanking up more hatred.”
