Ex-PM #ImranKhan, who protested #US figures/officials meeting #Pakistan politicians as meddling and conspiracy, receives American lawmaker and welcomes her support for his party.
#US regime-change victim @ImranKhanPTI receives American Congresswoman at his house wearing 🇺🇸Polo shirt, 🇺🇸Levi's jeans, 🇺🇸Nike joggers. What's more, the lawmaker belongs to @POTUS's party that supposedly toppled him.
PM Khan told 🇵🇰 to learn to live under sanctions like #Cuba!
Ex-PM #ImranKhan addressing a rally. Entire focus is on incitement, using vocabulary reminiscent of 1960s Mideast: conspiracy+colonialism+anti-Americanism+religion; & 15yo drone attacks. Xenophobia was used as a political tool for yrs. Khan has hijacked it to unsettle #Pakistan.
Besides the above, ex-PM's strategy is to present himself as a victim of alleged international conspiracy instead of accountability for why his govt crashed under inexperience+mismanagement, squandering an impressive 2018 victory. /2
Part of the victimhood narrative is a claim that a pro-#ImranKhan TV channel is blocked in cable broadcasts across the country. But moments ago, #Pakistan's TV regulator called out this disinformation: /3
Former Federal Minister Dr @ShireenMazari1: Parliament Committee approves Sikandar Sultan Raja as Chief Election Commissioner through consensus after 13 sessions.
Ex-PM @ImranKhanPTI: Establishment/Military suggested the name of chief election Commissioner. /1
DeC 2019 - then Federal Minister tells media after chairing a parliamentary committee meeting representing all political parties that a consensus is developing over a candidate's name for chief election commissioner acceptable to all, including to #PTI. /2
Jan 2020 - Fed Min Dr. Shireen Mazari announces Sikandar Sultan Raja is a consensus candidate of political parties for Chief Election Commissioner. Including for then ruling #PTI. No impression the name came from the military as ex-PM now claims. /3
A probe is underway into links bw #Pakistan's former Amb in Washington to then #PTIGovernment. Probe to determine if Amb was a candidate for appointment as Foreign Secretary. His diplomatic cable was compromised to produce a #US conspiracy claim used by ex-PM to create a crisis.
Determining the nature of links between the former Ambassador in Washington and the #PTI-led government is key to understanding his role in creating a serious constitutional, political, and foreign policy crisis that has unsettled #Pakistan. /2
The Ambassador is a consummate diplomat who reconnected Pakistani public diplomacy with the Washington elite and American society in a new way after a long break. How his good work was converted into a hit job targeting #Pakistan-#US ties will inevitably face scrutiny. /3
Ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan warned a rally crowd in #Pakistan's largest city that the #US "imposed" a new PM on the country, telling them 400 American drones attacked "weddings, schools, children" more than a decade ago.
But Khan has 2 messages on 🇺🇸:
One inside 🇵🇰 Another abroad /1
#ImranKhan's messaging to supporters and cells outside 🇵🇰 in Washington DC+Texas+Seattle, Canada, UK, and Frankfurt/Germany: No slogans against 🇺🇸🇪🇺!
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Annual violence in #Jerusalem in #Ramadan at holy places. Members of militant groups wanted by #Palestinian & #Israel security play football inside #MasjidAlAqsa. Local security accuses them of sparking violence during holy month for political reasons. /1
#Israel security released this video four hours ago to contain damage from earlier videos of rioting by members of militant groups. 26,000 worshippers entered #MasjidAlAqsa grounds peacefully today for Friday prayers after rioters were cleared. /2
#Pakistan's new Prime Minister @CMShehbaz comes with several honors: first to become PM with the support of 🇵🇰's all of the major parties; brother to 🇵🇰's only thrice elected PM; and comes with foreign policy experience, and ties with 🇵🇰'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 🇵🇰 & ex-Amb to 🇺🇸 to decide the fate of this manufactured crisis.