Imran Khan blames Biden admn for ouster of his govt

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday directly blamed US President Joe Biden’s administration for toppling his government through a conspiracy.

Khan, 69, the country’s 22nd prime minister, was unceremoniously removed from office on April 9 through a no-confidence vote, becoming the first premier in Pakistan’s history to be ousted through a no-trust motion.

The cricketer-turned-politician has repeatedly alleged that his political opponents colluded with the US to change the regime in Pakistan. But he provided no credible evidence of this and Washington has strongly denied any foreign interference. Khan’s fresh claim came as he took to Twitter in response to US defence analyst Dr Rebecca Grant’s remarks about Pakistan in a Fox News show.

“Pakistan needs to support Ukraine, stop looking for deals with Russia right now, limit their involvement with China, and stop the anti-American policies that are part of the reason that Imran Khan, the prime minister, got voted out of office a couple of weeks ago,” Grant said during the show.

In his reaction, Khan said that the remarks were vindication of his claim that he was a victim of foreign conspiracy.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has claimed that ousted prime minister Imran Khan took away a plush 150 million Pakistani rupees ($808,092) official vehicle after being removed from power through a no-confidence vote last month.

“Mr Khan took a BMW X5 on his way out, which was basically a car from the Prime Minister Office’s pool for foreign delegations,” Aurangzeb told reporters on Sunday.