Tag: foreign conspiracy
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PM Shehbaz directs Interior Ministry to provide tight security to Imran
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Interior Ministry to provide water-tight security to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan at his home in Islamabad and during political rallies. A statement given by a spokesperson of the Interior Ministry said that the police and other law enforcement agencies have been directed to ensure the…
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‘Gen Bajwa should be saluted or should he be criticised?’ Zardari
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chair Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday said that the army was “apolitical” for the first time, asking whether the situation warranted saluting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa or “fighting” with him. “Should Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa be saluted for [keeping]…
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‘Establishment offered us three options, not us’, Imran Khan maintains his stance
While talking to reporters, former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan insisted that the establishment gave him three options, contradicting the Pakistan military’s statement that the options were presented by Khan himself. Khan said, “The establishment gave me three options, so I agreed with the election proposal. How could I accept the resignation and no-confidence suggestion?”…
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‘Breath of fresh air’: Opposition reacts to DG ISPR’s press conference
Director-General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar’s presser on Thursday is being appreciated by the Opposition after weeks of political drama. Reacting to DG ISPR declaring that the word “conspiracy” had not been used in the statement issued after the March 31 meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)…
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Political use of ‘diplomatic cable’ to haunt Pakistan’s Foreign Office for many years: report
The ‘diplomatic cable’ which has plunged Pakistan into a constitutional crisis, also attracted fair resentment from the Foreign Office (FO) against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for using the communique for gaining ‘political mileage’. Kamran Yousaf in his report for The Express Tribune writes, “Two Foreign Office officials, spoke to The Express Tribune on condition of…
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64% Pakistanis believe there is no US conspiracy to overthrow PTI government
64 per cent Pakistanis believe that there is no US conspiracy to overthrow the PTI government, Gallup survey has revealed. The survey was conducted between April 3 and 4, according to which 64 per cent Pakistanis cited inflation as the main reason behind the fall of the PTI government. Those who participated in the survey…
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US official Khan named behind ‘foreign conspiracy’ key person in IMF deals last year
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has named Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu as the United States (US) representative who had the a meeting with Pakistan’s Ambassador in the US, which led to the ‘threatening’ diplomatic cable. Khan said that the US had sent a threatening message through Pakistan’s…
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Govt to set up a commission to look into foreign conspiracy issue
Federal Minister for Information and newly appointed Law Minister Fawad Chaudhry has reportedly given directions to set up a commission on the foreign conspiracy issue. The commission will look into factors such as the change of government and the no-confidence motion through a foreign conspiracy and will compile a report on it. The federal minister…
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Rejected: White House says they have nothing to do with Khan’s allegation of a US-backed ‘foreign conspiracy’
The White House has rejected Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s allegations of the United States government’s involvement in a plot to remove him. Responding to media questions regarding the issue, White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said, “There is absolutely no truth to the allegation.” US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price said, “We are…
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Exclusive: How did PM Khan act when telling journalists about the ‘threat letter’?
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan called senior journalists to meet him on Wednesday and to inform them about the contents of the “foreign country threat letter.” During the meeting, the contents of the confidential letter were shared with the journalists present, which included Kashif Abbasi, Arshad Sharif, Muhammad Malick, Fareeha Idrees, Shahzad Iqbal, and Imran…