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Apr 8 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
#Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs faced internal upheaval under PM #ImranKhan's Government. Today, top Pakistani diplomats have conveyed to #PTIGovernment their strong reservations on reports that PM Khan plans to make public a confidential diplomatic cable public.
The cable does not contain any evidence of an international conspiracy. Pakistani diplomats and law enforcement are now convinced PM #ImranKhan Government has created this ruse to take to the public as a coverup for his governance failures.
There is concern in Pak circles that this international conspiracy ruse could be part of a wider plan to damage #Pakistan's decades-long international relations. There are signs PM Khan Govt pursued variations of this agenda since 2019, sparking to multiple foreign policy crises.

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Apr 8
PM #ImranKhan appeared calm, collected, in what likely is his last TV speech in office. He declared #Pakistan is not independent in foreign policy; praised #India+#Russia; called future 🇵🇰 govts "imported," won't recognize them; & invited Pakistanis to challenge them on streets:
The most significant part of PM #ImranKhan's speech is that he underlined his respect for the Judiciary, and that he accepts Supreme Court of #Pakistan verdict overturning his attempt to block the no-confidence vote.
PM #ImranKhan's last TV speech in office is intense & impressive public relations exercise to dilute the most democratic attempt in #Pakistan's modern history to remove a govt from office. The is the jist of the speech.

Quick points from a live #thread:
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Apr 8
Prime Minister #ImranKhan in live TV address: We accept the decision of the Supreme Court of #Pakistan
PM #ImranKhan: I respect the Judiciary but disappointed in the verdict by the Supreme Court of #Pakistan
PM #ImranKhan live on TV repeats claims about a conspiracy; says he can't make the diplomatic cable public but repeats earlier claims: a foreign official knew of no-confidence vote; arrogantly gave orders to our diplomat there will be consequences if Khan survivors!
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Apr 3
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#Pakistan's largest business & trade association rejects #PTIGovernment's policy of targeting the country's trade interests with key partners in the West, and supports Army Chief's policy statement on relations with the #US and the #EU. /1

Federation of #Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry @FPCCI1, in a statement by its president Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, expresses strong support for 🇵🇰's ties with the #US 🇺🇸 and the #EU 🇪🇺. Sheikh says the business community stands with the State. /2
Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President @FPCCI, says #Pakistan's largest trading partners are #EU & #UK with exports at approximately $15.8 billion per year and the #US at $6.5 billion. "We greatly value these partners," he said. /3
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Apr 2
#Iran becomes the only foreign government so far to come out to openly endorse Prime Minister #ImranKhan's claim about a #US conspiracy to topple him. Tehran's state-run channel suggests that #Pakistan's opposition parties are executing American agenda:
Three weeks ago, #Nasrallah the chief of #Iran's main militant group #Hezbollah, globally designated as a terrorist organization, praised PM #ImranKhan in a TV speech. Pakistani @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL broadcast clips from militant chief's speech.

#Iran's state media is encouraging PM #ImranKhan to take on the West [], which serves no Pakistani interest, while #Tehran is busy negotiating a deal with Western powers that includes economic cooperation.
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Apr 1
Ex #US Special Rep for #Afghanistan Reconciliation @ZalmayKhalilz met #Pakistan Army #COAS Gen #QamarBajwa today and "pledged to play his role for further improvement in 🇺🇸 diplomatic coop with 🇵🇰 at all levels," acc to a military statement. Khalilzad is attending @IsbDialogue.
Army chief #COAS Gen #QamarBajwa takes a clear stand on #Pakistan's vital interests at @IsbDialogue:

"Sadly, #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is unfortunate" and 🇵🇰 "shares a long and strategic relationship with 🇺🇸 which remains our largest export market."

A day earlier, PM #ImranKhan at @IsbDialogue advised #Pakistan to consider following the example of sanctions-hit #Cuba, addressing Islamabad's policy elite, taking his ideological aversion of the West to a new level:

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Mar 27
PM #ImranKhan sets the stage for his legacy in a huge, impressive rally in #Islamabad, characterizing himself as a living martyr facing off international conspiracy to unseat him. He did not offer evidence but waved a document as proof. The rally achieves its two targets.. /1
PM #ImranKhan achieves two targets: to try impress power centers within the country that he remains popular, which he partially does (with diehard voters); and to engage those voters in a larger foreign policy issue beyond electoral accountability of performance & governance. /2
Aside from the secret document that PM #ImranKhan is not revealing (yet) to protect national interest, it is not a secret that his biggest foreign policy confrontations occurred with the #KSA #UAE #France, and misunderstandings with #China. /3
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