Imran Khan demands dismissal of US diplomat over bad manners

In line with his “foreign conspiracy” theory, Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has called for the dismissal of US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia, Donald Lu for his “sheer arrogance and bad manners”. As per Dawn report, the ousted PM accused the American diplomat of threatening Pakistan's former ambassador to the US Asad Majeed as he doubled down on his claim of “foreign conspiracy” behind the regime change.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman alleged that Lu had warned of “consequences” if Pakistan National Assembly fails to remove Imran through a no-confidence vote. Khan also claimed the threat triggered a chain of events that resulted in his ouster and the conspirators joining to launch their conspiracy. Responding to the neglection that he made in his claims in public earlier when he was so “specific” about their details, the PTI chairman said he had placed the cypher — containing details of the meeting between Lu and Pakistan’s ambassador — before his cabinet which was later presented in a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC).

Referring to Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's stance on Pak-US relations, Imran Khan said, "I had a perfectly good relationship with the Trump administration. It's only when the Biden administration came, that it coincided with what was happening in Afghanistan and for some reason -- which I still don't know -- they never got in touch with me. The former prime minister also defended his Russia visit amid the war on Ukraine, saying the visit was planned long back and all stakeholders in Pakistan were onboard.