A vote of no confidence is expected against Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. He has a sneaking suspicion that the United States is conspiring against him, so he says he will disregard Parliament's upcoming vote.
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| [Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan] |
He has said that he would not accept a vote of no confidence from Pakistan's parliament to remove him from office. Opposition parties have presented a resolution accusing Khan of flawed economic policies and a lack of openness in government. On Sunday, there will be a vote.
"Staging" a no-confidence vote, Khan claims, and warns that it may not even bother to cast one. "How can I accept the outcome if the whole process has been discredited?" he asks. In his office, Khan spoke to a group of foreign media. It is clear that the United States is interfering in our internal affairs by attempting to topple me.
As a result of key friends defecting from Khan's alliance and joining the opposition, he has already lost his majority in the house of representatives. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already submitted an official letter of complaint to the American embassy in London on Friday to express his displeasure with the allegations levelled against him. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has always denied that his government was involved.
Even among the ranks of his country's armed forces, Khan seems to be losing allies as he fights for the presidency. According to Pakistani Armed Forces Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan and the United States have "a longstanding great and strategic partnership" and want to expand it further.