#Pakistan's new Prime Minister @CMShehbaz comes with several honors: first to become PM with the support of π΅π°'s all of the major parties; brother to π΅π°'s only thrice elected PM; and comes with foreign policy experience, and ties with π΅π°'s key international partners.
There is no #US conspiracy against the previous #Pakistan government. Prime Minister @CMShehbaz announces calling a meeting with Parliament's national security committee with top civil & military leaders π΅π° & ex-Amb to πΊπΈ to decide the fate of this manufactured crisis.
Massive vilification campaign targeting #Pakistan, the Supreme Court, Parliament, and Armed Forces has been traced to individuals close to ex-PM #ImranKhan's inner circle, including spreading fake story of a #US drone attack on π΅π°, meant to bolster Khan's anti-West narrative. /1
A key aide to former PM #ImranKhan is sought by @FIA_Agency for links to a massive anti-#Pakistan campaign in retaliation to decisions by the Supreme Court and Parliament nullifying Khan's illegal actions and ousting him in a historic vote. /2
The intense anti-#Pakistan campaign from inside the country following #ImranKhan's ouster has caught the attention of digital media+cybersecurity experts. Khan's #PTI has run one of the most potent vilification & hate-spewing media ops in π΅π° pol history./3
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 π΅π° 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.
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!
#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 π΅π°'s ties with the #US πΊπΈ and the #EU πͺπΊ. 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
#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.
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 πΊπΈ diplomatic coop with π΅π° at all levels," acc to a military statement. Khalilzad is attending @IsbDialogue.
"Sadly, #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is unfortunate" and π΅π° "shares a long and strategic relationship with πΊπΈ 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: