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Imran Khan News: PM Refuses to Resign; Alleges 3 Stooges in Pak Working With Foreign Powers Against Govt
Imran Khan News Updates: Pakistan PM Imran Khan has summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), the highest forum for discussion on security issues
News18.com | March 31, 2022, 22:51 IST
Imran Khan News Updates: Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation tonight after the 69-year-old leader had canceled his speech on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s National Assembly session was adjourned abruptly till Sunday after opposition lawmakers demanded an immediate vote on a no-confidence motion against the cricketer-turned-politician, who has effectively lost the majority in
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Mar 31, 2022 18:58 IST
I'll Not Resign, Says Pakistan PM Imran Khan
“Voting on Sunday. The decision will come on Sunday which will show on which side nation to go now. People suggested me to resign but I will play till last ball. I will not resign. I will play till the last ball,” said Imran Khan.
Mar 31, 2022 18:38 IST
Pak PM Imran Khan Addresses Nation, Mentions US
Imran Khan, while addressing the nation, said, “I was and will always be for a strong independent foreign policy where my people comes first. Now we have a message from America. I mean some foreign country. I have received a message. The kind of message we have received is not against the PM but it’s against a nation. They say we will forgive Pakistan if Imran Khan goes but if it fails, Pakistan will have to suffer. It’s recorded. It was said if Imran Khan remains the PM, our relationship will deteriorate and you will have to suffer. No reason was stated. They are telling Pakistan as if we are their slaves. Here they have three stooges.”
Mar 31, 2022 18:28 IST
Not Going to Bow to Anyone: Imran Khan
Imran Khan said, “There was a time when other countries used to learn from us and now I have seen Pakistan being humiliated. When I started in politics, I made it clear that I am not going to bow to anyone and I will not let Pakistan bow down. I am that Pakistani who was best known in India because of cricket. I know America really well. The UK was like second home to me. After two years, the same US who was our friends imposes sanctions on us.”
Mar 31, 2022 18:21 IST
Pak PM Imran Khan Begins Address to Nation, Says 'My Aim Was Justice, Humanity'
Addressing the nation, Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan said, “This speech is live, not recorded. I am not from political background. God has given me everything and I am thankful to him. Self respect is sign of an independent nation. Pakistan is only five years older than me. I am from the first generation of country to be born after independence. My aim was justice and humanity and the third one was self-respect.”
Mar 31, 2022 17:45 IST
PM's Address to Nation Gets Delayed as Imran Khan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi Hold Meeting
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi are holding an important meeting, leading to a delay in PM’s address to the nation earlier scheduled for 7:15 pm (local time), reported Pakistan’s Dunya News.
Mar 31, 2022 17:00 IST
Exclusive | Call for Probe, Stress on Oppn Disunity: CNN-News18 Reveals Imran's Crucial Upcoming Speech
Cornered Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is not surrendering arms. CNN-News18 has exclusively learnt from sources the content of his crucial speech tonight. While Khan will speak on subjects that he referred to on Sunday, this speech will have more explosive revelations, said sources. The Prime Minister will seek investigations into the sequence of events that has led to his uncertain position, for full clarity and transparency, the said.
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Mar 31, 2022 16:49 IST
Pakistan PM Imran Khan to Face No-confidence Vote. Here's How It Works
Pakistan’s National Assembly session was on Thursday adjourned abruptly till Sunday (April 3) after the Opposition demanded an immediate vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, who effectively lost the majority in Parliament after Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a key partner of the ruling coalition, joined the ranks of the Opposition.
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Mar 31, 2022 16:22 IST
Imran Khan, His Family is Corrupt: PML-N's Shehbaz Sharif
Addressing a presser, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif said, “We have support of 172 members. Has Imran Khan left with any option now? False allegations are being put against Nawaz Sharif. We don’t want to go too low like Imran. Whole nation knows Imran Khan and his family is corrupt. Imran is embarrassing himself in front of the whole nation. I told Imran to present the letter in national assembly. This letter is fake. Imran is facing defeat.”
Mar 31, 2022 15:28 IST
National Assembly Session on No-confidence Motion Against Pak PM Begins
A crucial National Assembly session on no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has begun.
Mar 31, 2022 14:43 IST
Imran Khan Not Going to Resign, Reiterates Party Spokesperson
PTI Spokesperson Neelam Irshad Sheikh said, “Imran Khan is not going to resign. He had a positive meeting with Army officials yesterday.”
Mar 31, 2022 14:36 IST
Imran Khan Has Lost The Fight: PML-N
Rana Ihsaan Afzal Khan, a member of Central Working Committee in PML-N, said, “Opposition enjoys the support of 177 members. Over 20 members supporting us. Imran Khan is dragging on. He has lost the fight. Imran Khan does not enjoys majority in the national assembly. He should leave gracefully.”
Mar 31, 2022 14:22 IST
Opposition Will Not Take Back No-trust Motion Against Pak PM: Report
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA and Information Secretary Shazia Atta Marri said on Thursday joint opposition will not take back no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, reported Pakistan’s ARY News.
Mar 31, 2022 14:20 IST
Imran Khan Offers to Dissolve Assembly If No-confidence Motion is Withdrawn: Report
Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered to dissolve the assembly if a no-confidence motion against him is withdrawn. According to the sources, an “important personality” has given a message of PM to the Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, reported Pakistan’s Geo News.
Mar 31, 2022 13:13 IST
Pak PM Imran Khan Summons NSC Meeting Ahead of No Confidence Vote
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), the highest forum for discussion on security issues. The NSC meeting will be held at the Prime Minister’s House, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted. The NSC is chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by services chiefs, key ministers, national security adviser and top intelligence officials.
Mar 31, 2022 12:58 IST
US Says No Letter Sent to Pak: Report
The US has asserted that it did not send any letter to Pakistan on the current political situation in the country as it sought to refute allegations of America’s involvement in the no-confidence motion against the Imran Khan-led government, according to a media report on Thursday. Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday effectively lost majority in Parliament after Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a key partner of the ruling coalition, joined the ranks of the Opposition, which had tabled a no-confidence motion against his government in the National Assembly. Khan has been claiming that the Opposition’s no-confidence motion against him was the result of a foreign conspiracy because of his external policy and funds were being channelled from abroad to oust him from power. On Wednesday, the PTI-led government confirmed that its allegation about a foreign conspiracy against the prime minister was based on a diplomatic cable received from one of the country’s missions abroad.
Mar 31, 2022 12:29 IST
Pak PM to Address Nation Tonight, Likely to Resign, Say Sources
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to resign in his address to the nation today, sources told CNN-News18 on Thursday. The embattled leader faces a political test as his party has lost majority in the Parliament. Khan, on the other hand, has alleged a foreign plot behind the upheaval in Pak politics.
Mar 31, 2022 12:17 IST
Pakistan Political Turmoil: Parliament Security Meet Today
A meeting of the Pakistani parliament’s security committee will be held today, sources said, amid Imran Khan’s alleging proof to his claims of a foreign hand being behind the political instability in the country.
Mar 31, 2022 11:59 IST
RECAP | Two ministers quit Imran's Cabinet after ally withdraws support
Both the members of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) serving as federal ministers, Farogh Naseem and Aminul Haque, have stepped down from their posts, hours after their party’s announcement to side with the Opposition in the vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan, Geo News reported.
Naseem and Haque submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Khan.
The government has been facing back-to-back blows as the voting day on the Opposition’s no-trust motion nears.
In a major blow to the PTI, the MQM-P on Wednesday decided to desert the ruling party and join hands with the joint Opposition to support the no-confidence motion moved against Imran Khan.
Mar 31, 2022 11:35 IST
RECAP | Pak PM Imran Khan Shares Details of 'Letter' With Journalists
Prime Minister Khan shared some details from what he called a “foreign conspiracy letter” with senior journalists and cabinet members, asserting that the document was authentic. Khan waved a purported letter at a public rally on March 27 declaring that a foreign conspiracy was afoot to remove him from power, touting the Opposition’s no-confidence motion against him as a testimony of a foreign-funded move to topple his government.
Several Opposition leaders had asked Khan to divulge the details of the letter while denouncing it as an effort to divert pressure and hold on to power. Khan first took the cabinet in confidence on the letter when Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefed the participants about it.
It was followed by a meeting of the premier with a group of journalists who were also briefed about it. ARY News channel said that the letter was based on the minutes of a meeting of a Pakistan embassy official with officials of the host country.
Mar 31, 2022 11:22 IST
Pakistan PM to Address Nation Tonight Amid Buzz on 'Foreign Plot' Proof
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation tonight, said state media reports amid buzz of the leader alleging proof to his claims of a foreign hand being behind the political instability in the country.
Mar 31, 2022 10:25 IST
Pakistan Political Crisis: What Troubles Plague Imran Khan Facing?
Imran Khan, 69, a former captain of Pakistan's national cricket team, lost a parliamentary majority with a series of defections from his party, and a united opposition is calling on him to step down. He has vowed to fight to stay put. Khan has blamed a foreign-funded conspiracy for trying to topple his government. China is a long-time supporter and Pakistan, a traditional ally of the West, abstained from voting as the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly reprimanded Russia for invading Ukraine. Nearly 20 defections in Khan's ruling party and cracks in his coalition partners have made him short of the 172 votes, a simple majority, needed to hold on to power. To try to survive, the government announced it would give the post of chief minister of the country's largest province, Punjab, to one of its coalition partners.
Mar 31, 2022 09:46 IST
Pakistan parliament to begin debate of no-confidence in PM Khan
Pakistan's parliament will on Thursday begin a debate of no-confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, which could see the former cricket star ousted and the return of political uncertainty in the nuclear-armed country. Khan, 69, has been facing mounting criticism of his performance, including his management of an economy beset by high inflation and rising deficits, and he lost his majority in parliament on Wednesday when a main ally quit his coalition. "The prime minister is as good as gone," the influential English-language Dawn newspaper said in an editorial on the front page of its website. Parliament will begin debate on Khan's leadership at 4 p.m. (1100 GMT). A vote on the motion must be held by Monday. On Wednesday, Khan's main parliamentary ally, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), abandoned his coalition and threw its lot in with the opposition seeking to oust him.
Mar 31, 2022 08:58 IST
RECAP | Pakistan Opposition Files No-Trust Motion Seeking Punjab Province CM Buzdar’s Removal
The opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar on Monday in Lahore assembly, people familiar with the developments told CNN-NEWS18. The officials also said that it was an attempt to make the Imran Khan government weaker ahead of the no-confidence vote in the Pakistan national assembly. Earlier in March CNN-NEWS18 said that a power-sharing formula is being discussed for both Punjab and at the federal level. The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), an ally of PTI, has demanded that Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi, Punjab province assembly speaker, be made the chief minister of Punjab province, replacing Usman Buzdar.
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Mar 31, 2022 08:13 IST
Imran Khan Likely to Discuss 'Letter' With National Security Committee Meet Today
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan after having postponed his address to the nation as he discusses the “foreign threat” letter with journalists and military leadership, is likely to discuss the matter in a National Security Committee Meet today, according to reports. Meanwhile, the military leadership is expected to call on Imran Khan any time soon. The PM will likely hold a meeting of the National Security Committee to discuss the letter allegedly containing a foreign threat and received by the PTI government, Samaa TV said.
Mar 31, 2022 07:40 IST
RECAP | Two ministers quit Imran's Cabinet after ally withdraws support
Both the members of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) serving as federal ministers, Farogh Naseem and Aminul Haque, have stepped down from their posts, hours after their party's announcement to side with the Opposition in the vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan, Geo News reported. Naseem and Haque submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Khan. The government has been facing back-to-back blows as the voting day on the Opposition's no-trust motion nears. In a major blow to the PTI, the MQM-P on Wednesday decided to desert the ruling party and join hands with the joint Opposition to support the no-confidence motion moved against Imran Khan.
Mar 31, 2022 07:06 IST
RELATED READ | ‘You Import More, Export Less’: China Wants Balanced Trade, ‘Iron Ally’ Pakistan Told
China’s iron-ally Pakistan has become a cause of economic concern for the former as Beijing asked Islamabad to reduce imports. Addressing an event to mark the beginning of the local assembling of Chinese home appliances brand Midea, the Chinese envoy to Islamabad Li Bijian said that the bilateral trade is highly skewed against Islamabad, news agency Dawn reported. “You import more and export less, even though my government in collaboration with your government is trying to narrow down the trade deficit,” Bijian said that China wants to see more balanced trade.
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Mar 31, 2022 06:46 IST
RECAP | Imran Khan Loses Majority in Parliament
Imran Khan has effectively lost majority in Parliament after the MQM-P, a key ally of the PTI-led coalition government, with its seven members announced that it has parted ways with the government during a joint press conference of the opposition parties in Islamabad. Prime Minister Khan needs 172 votes in the lower house of 342 to foil the Opposition's bid to topple him. However, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islama Fazl (JUI-F), said that the Opposition has the support of 175 lawmakers and the Prime Minister should resign. It was also announced that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif would be next prime minister of the country after removal of 69-year-old Khan. "We want to make a new beginning for politics of tolerance and true democracy," MQM-P chief Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui told reporters. "I announce to support the opposition in the parliament." Sharif said that it was an important day as all opposition parties have joined together to address the problems faced by Pakistan. "The premier, even if he is a selected one, should resign to set a new tradition," he said. Another ally of the ruling coalition, the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) with five members in the lower house had announced on Monday that it had "accepted the opposition's invitation" to vote against Khan.
Mar 31, 2022 06:28 IST
RECAP | Pak PM Imran Khan Shares Details of 'Letter' With Journalists
Prime Minister Khan shared some details from what he called a "foreign conspiracy letter" with senior journalists and cabinet members, asserting that the document was authentic. Khan waved a purported letter at a public rally on March 27 declaring that a foreign conspiracy was afoot to remove him from power, touting the Opposition's no-confidence motion against him as a testimony of a foreign-funded move to topple his government. Several Opposition leaders had asked Khan to divulge the details of the letter while denouncing it as an effort to divert pressure and hold on to power. Khan first took the cabinet in confidence on the letter when Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefed the participants about it. It was followed by a meeting of the premier with a group of journalists who were also briefed about it. ARY News channel said that the letter was based on the minutes of a meeting of a Pakistan embassy official with officials of the host country.
Mar 31, 2022 06:08 IST
Pakistan Minister Rejects Reports About Army Chief Asking PM Imran Khan to Resign
Fawad Chaudhry compared the current political situation and apparent weakness of the prime minister with the position of the Pakistan cricket team during the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
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Mar 31, 2022 05:48 IST
Pakistan PM Imran Khan Could Be On His Way Out Within A Week; Shahbaz Sharif To Lead
People familiar with the developments have said that Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman could be appointed president of Pakistan.
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Mar 31, 2022 05:26 IST
Imran Khan Won’t Resign, Will Play Till Last Ball: PTI Spokesperson Neelam Irshad Sheikh to News18
Neelam Irshad Sheikh also said that Pakistani Army chief General Qamar Bajwa & ISI chief Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum have reached the PM’s house to meet Khan ahead of his address.
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Mar 31, 2022 05:08 IST
RECAP | Pak PM Imran Khan loses majority after key ally sides with Opposition ahead of no-trust vote
Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday effectively lost majority in Parliament after a key partner of the ruling coalition joined the ranks of the Opposition, which has tabled a no-confidence motion against his government in the National Assembly. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a key ally of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led coalition government, with its seven members announced that it has parted ways with the government during a joint press conference of the opposition parties here. Prime Minister Khan needs 172 votes in the lower house of 342 to foil the Opposition's bid to topple him. However, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islama Fazl (JUI-F), said that the Opposition has the support of 175 lawmakers and the prime minister should resign. It was also announced that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif would be next prime minister of the country after removal of 69-year-old Khan. "We want to make a new beginning for politics of tolerance and true democracy," MQM-P chief Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui told reporters. "I announce to support the opposition in the parliament." Sharif said that it was an important day as all opposition parties have joined together to address the problems faced by Pakistan. "The premier, even if he is a selected one, should resign to set a new tradition," he said.
Mar 31, 2022 04:55 IST
Pulling The Rug Out: Islamabad High Court Stops Imran Khan from Sharing Contents of 'Secret' Letter
This comes as a major jolt for the embattled Pakistan Prime Minister as he wanted to use the "evidence" to gather support for himself and gain public sympathy.
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Mar 31, 2022 04:48 IST
Report Says 'Pakistani Envoy Wrote Threat Letter'
According to a report by Geo News, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that a Pakistani envoy posted in a foreign country wrote the memo that he flashed in a rally on March 27 and labelled it "threatening." During a press conference, the prime minister stated that the envoy had sent the letter to Pakistan after meeting with a foreign official, according to sources. Citing sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that the memo was shared with the military leadership and that the tone used in the cable was "threatening."
Mar 31, 2022 04:36 IST
Pak minister rejects reports about army chief asking PM Imran Khan to resign
Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday rejected reports about the army chief asking Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign. Chaudhry briefly chatted with the media in Islamabad where he was asked about reports regarding a meeting between Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Prime Minister Khan. "Neither has the army chief asked for his resignation, nor will he resign," the minister said, confirming the meeting between General Bajwa and PM Khan but without giving any details of the key meeting. The army, which has ruled Pakistan for more than half of its 73 plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded considerable power in the matters of security and foreign policy. Chaudhry compared the current political situation and apparent weakness of the prime minister with the position of the Pakistan cricket team during the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
Mar 31, 2022 04:31 IST
Imran Khan Cancels Address to Nation After Meeting With Pak Army, ISI Chiefs | Key Points
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan needs 172 votes in the lower house of 342 to foil the Opposition's bid to topple his government.
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Mar 31, 2022 04:30 IST
China Rolls Over $4.2 Billion Debt to Pakistan Amid Crisis
China on Wednesday acceded to Pakistan's request to rollover a whopping USD 4.2 billion debt repayment to provide a major relief for its all-weather ally, which is reeling under major economic crisis. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in his meeting with Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the 3rd meeting of the 'Foreign Ministers of Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan' in China's eastern Anhui province has conveyed Beijing's decision to rollover the debt. In a video message, Qureshi said Wang has conveyed China's decision to rollover Pakistan USD 4.2 billion to enable Islamabad to tide over the current economic crisis.
Mar 31, 2022 04:29 IST
Imran Khan Likely to Discuss 'Letter' With National Security Committee Meet Today
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan after having postponed his address to the nation as he discusses the "foreign threat" letter with journalists and military leadership, is likely to discuss the matter in a National Security Committee Meet today, according to reports. Meanwhile, the military leadership is expected to call on Imran Khan any time soon. The PM will likely hold a meeting of the National Security Committee to discuss the letter allegedly containing a foreign threat and received by the PTI government, Samaa TV said.
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the lower house. As soon as the National Assembly session began at the Parliament House, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri opened the floor for questions. However, opposition lawmakers demanded an immediate vote on the no-confidence motion amid chants of “go Imran go”.
Khan also summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), the highest forum for discussion on security issues. The NSC meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s House, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted. The NSC was chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by services chiefs, key ministers, national security adviser, and top intelligence officials.
The development comes a day after the premier shared a letter – purportedly showing evidence of a “foreign conspiracy” to oust his government – with his cabinet members in a hurriedly called meeting, which was not attended by PTI’s two major allies – Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) – despite being invited. Khan also called a select group of TV anchors and informed them that “the language of the letter was threatening and arrogant” and that Pakistan would face dire consequences if the no-confidence motion failed. However, the premier did not show the letter to the media, the Dawn newspaper reported.
Khan on Wednesday effectively lost the majority in Parliament after Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a key partner of the ruling coalition, joined the ranks of the Opposition, which had tabled a no-confidence motion against his government in the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, the US has asserted that it did not send any letter to Pakistan on the current political situation in the country as it sought to refute allegations of America’s involvement in the no-confidence motion against the Imran Khan-led government, according to a media report on Thursday.
Khan has been claiming that the Opposition’s no-confidence motion against him was the result of a foreign conspiracy because of his external policy and funds were being channelled from abroad to oust him from power. On Wednesday, the PTI-led government confirmed that its allegation about a foreign conspiracy against the prime minister was based on a diplomatic cable received from one of the country’s missions abroad.
This comes after at a public rally in Islamabad’s Parade Ground on Sunday, the Prime Minister claimed that his government had received a “written threat” from outside the country and it was an evidence of a foreign-funded conspiracy against the PTI rule. The letter was sent by Pakistan Ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed Khan after his meeting with the US Secretary of State.
Other reports also claim that the letter was not written by a foreign government but by an Ambassador and contained assessment of bilateral relations between Pakistan and a western country. Journalist Imran Riaz Khan said that the letter hasn’t been shown to journalists but the contents of the letter have been revealed.
“It is a conversation between two officials of Pakistan and the other country, as per my understanding it is the US. The government, however, hasn’t named the country, neither have they shared the number of officials or the meeting venue,” he said. “They didn’t show us the letter as they are bound not to share the details under the law,” he said.
Imran Riaz Khan said that journalists were told that the language used in the letter was “arrogant and threatening”.
It is a document that tells that Americans have threatened that if the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan fails, there would be consequences and if it wins, the US would forgive Pakistan’s mistakes, he said, Samaa TV reported.
There are a few issues in the letter like Pakistan’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict as it was said that Imran Khan decided on his own to visit Moscow, he said adding that the Prime Minister was criticised for his trip to Russia.
About former PM Nawaz Sharif’s involvement in the episode, the journalists were told that opposition held meetings in the west and they created the impression that Imran Khan is anti-US. The letter was also been discussed at an emergency meeting of the federal cabinet on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, China on Wednesday acceded to Pakistan’s request to rollover a whopping USD 4.2 billion debt repayment to provide a major relief for its all-weather ally, which is reeling under major economic crisis.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in his meeting with Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the 3rd meeting of the ‘Foreign Ministers of Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan’ in China’s eastern Anhui province has conveyed Beijing’s decision to rollover the debt. In a video message, Qureshi said Wang has conveyed China’s decision to rollover Pakistan USD 4.2 billion to enable Islamabad to tide over the current economic crisis.
“I am immensely happy to share that the Chinese FM has given a nod of approval on the rollover of commercial loan as well,” Qureshi was quoted as saying by Pakistan daily Dawn. The USD 4.2 billion debt, which was maturing this week, has been rolled over providing major financial relief to Pakistan, the daily reported.
“The procedural formalities are being completed by relevant authorities. An announcement will be made as soon as they’re sorted,” Qureshi said.
(with inputs from agencies)
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