Alleges Imran tried to isolate Saudi Arabia by making new bloc
\nISLAMABAD
\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has once again rejected his predecessor, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s claims about his government\u2019s removal under a \u201cconspiracy\u201d backed by the United States, saying that if the same was true, would Pakistan have bought cheaper oil from Russia.
\nDuring an interview with WE News, PM Shehbaz was asked whether the publishing of this news story authenticated the PTI chief\u2019s narrative. Responding to the query, the premier said that he headed two meetings of the National Security Committee (NSC) on the cipher, and in one of them the current foreign secretary Asad Majeed Khan \u2014 who was Pakistan\u2019s ambassador to the US in March 2022 \u2014 said that he had only narrated his meeting with US official Donald Lu in that cipher.
\nTerming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief\u2019s narrative that his (Shehbaz\u2019s) government was brought in power under an American conspiracy, a pack of lies, the prime minister said if the contents of the cipher, which was printed (in the international newspaper), were true, then it was a very big crime. The then Chief of Army Staff General Bajwa and other services chiefs also confirmed that there was no conspiracy hatched against Pakistan, he added.
\n\u201cImran Niazi\u2019s narrative was that America tried to topple his government because he was more attracted to China and Russia, so tell me that if our government was formed through the American conspiracy, would we get oil from Russia? Would our relations with China be restored which were destroyed by Imran Niazi? So this one proof is enough,\u201d he added.
\nThe statement came in response to a foreign media report about the US cipher which claimed to substantiate former prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s allegations that he was removed under American pressure after his Russia visit. Prime Minister Shehbaz said that Imran Khan Niazi had ruined relations with the friendly countries and isolated Pakistan in the world. The prime minister said that an effort was made to create a bloc and isolate Saudi Arabia through that bloc.
\n\u201cWhat a sad incident and what a fallen thought that a friend who helps you like a brother and family without any condition or greed and we become ungrateful and forgetful of its kindness,\u201d he added. The prime minister said that the two brotherly countries could never have imagined such a bad situation that happened during Imran Niazi\u2019s tenure.
\nRegarding the delay in finalizing the name of caretaker prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif said there was a mistake in understanding that the caretaker prime minister\u2019s decision was to be taken tomorrow. \u201cIt is not the case because there cannot be a consultation between the prime minister and the opposition leader before the National Assembly is dissolved.\u201d
\nThe prime minister said that the phase of dissolving the Assembly was completed last night, and after that he had the first meeting scheduled with the opposition leader today in which the caretaker prime minister\u2019s name would be discussed.
\nHe said that right now he could not reveal the name of the caretaker prime minister, but assured that the matter would be revealed soon. Regarding Pakistan\u2019s relations with India, the prime minister said that ties with the neighbouring country could not be restored without finding a just solution of the Kashmir issue because the Kashmiris had made great sacrifices to get their rights and thousands of them have died in 75 years.
\nThe hearts of Kashmiri mothers and daughters were torn, children and the elderly were martyred and the valley of Kashmir turned red with their blood, he added. The prime minister made it clear that without resolving the issue of Kashmiris\u2019 right to self-determination, relations with India could not be normalized in any way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alleges Imran tried to isolate Saudi Arabia by making new bloc ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has once again rejected his predecessor, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s claims about his government\u2019s removal under a \u201cconspiracy\u201d backed by the United States, saying that if the same was true, would Pakistan have bought cheaper oil from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-348458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n