The senior Russian diplomat [Lila: Maria Zakharova] said that the sequence of events left no doubt that Washington had “decided to punish a disobedient Imran Khan,” which also explained why a number of members from Khan’s ruling coalition decided to switch sides and shift their allegiances ahead of the April 3 no-trust vote.
Khan, 69, stunned the Opposition on Sunday by recommending snap elections within three months, minutes after a no-confidence motion against him was dismissed by the deputy speaker of the National Assembly.
Khan then got Pakistan President Arif Alvi to dissolve the 342-member National Assembly.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on the deputy speaker’s decision to reject the no-confidence motion against the premier, who had lost majority in the lower house of Parliament.
Khan had named senior US diplomat Donald Lu as the person who was allegedly involved in the “foreign conspiracy” to oust his government through a no-confidence vote tabled by the Opposition.
Pakistan’s Opposition leaders have ridiculed Khan’s allegation, and the US has dismissed these claims.
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Pakistan PM Khan On Way Out: Blames Foreign-Funded Conspiracy
Pakistan PM and former cricketing super-star, Imran Khan, is set to leave office after losing key support needed to survive a no-confidence vote, only the third Pak leader to face such a challenge. The military and ISI are set to take over. There is now the dire prospect of instability in the nuclear-armed state.
A few days ago, at a huge rally he revealed that a foreign-funded conspiracy of which he later gave proof was demanding his ouster, because it did not want Pakistan to pursue an independent foreign policy.
Three weeks ago, Khan raged against the EU for telling him to vote condemning Russia, and asked, “Are we your slaves?”