Leaked secret cable: "If a no-confidence vote against the prime minister [Khan] succeeds, all will be forgiven in Washington."
By Tyler Durden: Over a year ago Imran Khan produced a document at a public rally and described it as a diplomatic cable which proved the United States was leading a secret campaign to oust him as prime minister. His opponents, and the international community, shrugged off the allegations. He was Pakistan's first ever prime minister to have been forced from office through a no confidence motion in April 2022, by the National Assembly.
This week, The Intercept has published a bombshell report based on a diplomatic "cypher" – or a secret cable – which appears to vindicate Khan's prior assertions of a conspiracy against him by Washington. Crucially, it points to Khan's stance on the Ukraine war as a prime motivating factor in the US seeking his removal.
"The US State Department encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as prime minister over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by The Intercept," according to the Wednesday report.