‘IMRAN KHAN OUSTED BY CIA FOR OPPOSING US DRONE CAMPAIGN’

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) leaves after appearing before the anti-terrorist court in Islamabad [File: Aamir Qureshi/AFP]

Wed 08 March 2023:

Former British Ambassador Craig Murray has alleged that US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) deposed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as prime minister for opposing United States drone campaign, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

Taking to Twitter, the former British Ambassador said that the former premier was ousted for his opposition to the US drone campaign “operating within and from Pakistan”.

The CIA’s deposing of Imran Khan as Prime Minister, for his opposition to the US drone campaign operating within and from Pakistan, is probably the most under-reported story of the last couple of years.

— Craig Murray – (@CraigMurrayOrg) March 5, 2023

“CIA’s deposing of Imran Khan as Prime Minister, for his opposition to the US drone campaign operating within and from Pakistan, is probably the most under-reported story of the last couple of years,” Craig Murray wrote on Twitter.

It is pertinent to mention here that Imran Khan was ousted as prime minister (PM) as the no-confidence motion moved by opposition parties against him succeeded.

As many as 174 votes were cast in the favour of a no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan. This was the first time in the history of Pakistan that a no-confidence motion against an elected prime minister has succeeded.

Following the resignation of the NA speaker and deputy speaker, PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq as a panel of the chairman of the house chaired the proceedings on the matter.

Khan blames his unceremonious ouster on a US-backed conspiracy, an allegation that the incumbent coalition government in Islamabad and Washington have repeatedly refuted.

He narrowly escaped assassination while leading an anti-government long march towards Islamabad last November. Since then, he has been residing at his residence in Lahore and has frequently skipped court hearings on health and security grounds.

Court suspends arrest warrant

Meanwhile a Pakistani high court suspended an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday (07/03/2023) in a case related to the illegal purchase and sale of gifts given by foreign dignitaries while he was in office, a court record said.

A single-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq ordered the police to not arrest Khan until March 13.

The court also ordered the former premier to appear before the concerned court on March 13 in the foreign gifts case.

An Islamabad court last week issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Khan in the case for consistently skipping the hearings.

Police on Sunday tried to arrest Khan but failed amid resistance from his supporters in the northeastern city of Lahore, where he is currently lodged after escaping an assassination attempt in November last year.

-With ARY News

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