Pak PM Imran Khan says foreign nation is trying to oust him

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated his claims of foreign conspiracy and said that a foreign nation is trying to oust him over its independent foreign policy choices made by him. Addressing the people of Pakistan, ahead of the no-confidence motion, he claimed a foreign nation sent a message that Imran Khan needs to be removed else as the country will suffer consequences. The United States, Imran Khan said in a slip of the tongue and then stated that a foreign country had sent a threatening memo which was against the Pakistani nation. Imran Khan had claimed that the threatening letter had been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pakistan media reports said that letter is the word-for-word transcript of a conversation between the diplomats of Pakistan and another country sent to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry. 
Meanwhile, the proceedings of the National Assembly of Pakistan adjourned till April 3 soon after it convened yesterday to discuss the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. The crucial session for the no-confidence motion started after much delay but adjourned till Sunday, after members of Parliament demanded voting on the no-trust motion. Imran Khan's situation is precarious given that three of the four allies - MQM-P, PMLQ, and BAP stated their support for the Opposition's no-confidence motion and said that they will vote accordingly. The Pakistani National Assembly has a total strength of 342 members, with the majority mark being 172. The PTI-led coalition was formed with the support of 179 members - Imran Khan's PTI having 155 members and other major allies including Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) have some 20 seats.

The US state department had earlier, rubbished the allegations by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan that America was involved in the no-confidence motion tabled in the National Assembly earlier this week. State department spokesperson Ned Price asserted that there was no truth to the allegations, insisting that the US respects and supports Pakistan’s constitutional process and the rule of law. “We are closely following developments in Pakistan, and we respect, we support Pakistan’s constitutional process and the rule of law,” Price responded to the allegations.  The White House communications director, stating that there is "absolutely no truth" to Khan’s allegations of the US working with the Opposition in Pakistan to remove him from power.