Imran Khan has a challenging message for his nation and the world – it’s not over yet. He is a prime minister who faces a vote of no confidence with the opposition claiming he has the necessary votes to oust him – 172 votes or more. These votes include some from his own party, as well as an unlikely coalition of former opponents who have united to oust him and his government before completing a full term. A famous scenario in the fragile political history of Pakistan. But the Pakistani prime minister says they are not acting alone. He says that “a strong western nation” has been planning to oust him and has been doing so for some time. “This project did not take place overnight, it has been in preparation for months and it started in October,” he said. Image: Security services have warned of a plot to assassinate Mr Khan, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry told Sky News In a palace meeting room of the Prime Minister’s Office in the capital, he told me how a telegram sent to Islamabad from the country’s embassy made his intentions clear and he decided to reveal it. He also said he was confident he would not lose the vote and that he had a strategy. The Pakistani ambassador to the unknown country was reportedly summoned and told he would attend a meeting “to convey a clear message” that “if, and only if, Pakistan removes Imran Khan in this motion of censure, the relations between the two countries are normalized “. Sources gave me these specific details about what they said to the ambassador: “If Imran Khan loses, whoever comes, everything will be forgiven. If he wins, he will be isolated and you will have a hard time.” Image: There were demonstrations by supporters of opposition groups. Photo: AP In a speech to the nation on Thursday, the prime minister, speaking live and off-screen, appeared to slip in and name the United States directly. He then corrected himself to say “a foreign country”. The White House and the State Department have denied the allegations, saying “there is no truth to this.” But the Pakistani prime minister is clearly relying on this information to provoke patriotism among his supporters and to influence the swinging vote in Sunday’s motion of censure. The prime minister, accompanied by his advisers, told Sky News: “This is a clear black and white conspiracy for regime change.” He asserted that his confession had been obtained through torture and that his confession had been obtained through torture. intensively. Image: Pakistani opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif with other opposition party leaders. Photo: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin bombed Ukraine and launched an attack while Mr Kahn was in the air and on the road. The prime minister claimed that he had asked the president of the European Council to go as a neutral nation to talk to Russia and defuse tensions. He also said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had asked him to play a role in resolving the crisis during their conversation earlier this week. He said he was being unjustly accused of supporting Russia, when in fact he was a peacemaker. Image: Mr Khan says another country is trying to oust him from the top job. Photo: AP It is no secret that the United States played an important role in Pakistan’s history – it was an ally in a proxy war against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, financing and equipping the Mujahideen for the United States under General Zia. In the most recent invasion of Afghanistan, which ended so badly last October, Pakistan played a vital role. We have heard similar rhetoric in the past – George W. Bush famously said to General Pervez Musharraf, “Whether you are with us or against us,” and warned that Pakistan would be “bombed again in the Stone Age.” This is the first time we have heard of a written intervention as revealed by the incumbent Prime Minister of Pakistan. Within a few dramatic weeks, Pakistan saw tens of thousands of people on the streets protesting for and against the prime minister. Allegations and counterclaims have filled the airwaves and fueled fears of further instability. In the last 24 hours, there have been reports of more threats against Mr Khan – this time for his life. Pakistan’s intelligence minister Fawad Chaudhry told Sky News that security services had warned of a plot to assassinate the prime minister. Image: Imran Khan supporters are among the thousands who protested Mr Khan’s critics have dismissed them as a “trick of popularity”, but in a country where prime ministers and a president have been assassinated, they will not take any chances. He told Sky News: “My biggest issue is a planned conspiracy against another prime minister-elect. “The United States has not shied away from its old tricks and I am here to expose this conspiracy. “It is an insult to the country and a contempt for the democratic rights of 230 million people.” It is this rhetoric that he hopes will put pressure on the opposition and his party members who plan to vote against him. He said: “I will win either way, my party has never been more popular. I asked him if he regretted it. His immediate answer: “None”. After a pause. “We were a new, endless team and party. I will come back stronger.”
