<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated his claims of foreign conspiracy and said that a foreign nation is trying to oust him over its independent foreign policy choices made by him. Addressing the people of Pakistan, ahead of the no-confidence motion, he claimed a foreign nation sent a message that Imran Khan needs to be removed else as the country will suffer consequences.<br />''<br />''The United States, Imran Khan said in a slip of the tongue and then stated that a foreign country had sent a threatening memo which was against the Pakistani nation.<br />''<br />''Imran Khan had claimed that the threatening letter had been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pakistan media reports said that letter is the word-for-word transcript of a conversation between the diplomats of Pakistan and another country sent to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the proceedings of the National Assembly of Pakistan adjourned till April 3 soon after it convened yesterday to discuss the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. The crucial session for the no-confidence motion started after much delay but adjourned till Sunday, after members of Parliament demanded voting on the no-trust motion.<br />''<br />''In a related development, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) got another major shock when one of its key allies Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) quit the ruling coalition and joined ranks with the Opposition. Imran Khan's situation is precarious given that three of the four allies – MQM-P, PMLQ, and BAP stated their support for the Opposition's no-confidence motion and said that they will vote accordingly.<br />''<br />''The Pakistani National Assembly has a total strength of 342 members, with the majority mark being 172. The PTI-led coalition was formed with the support of 179 members – Imran Khan's PTI having 155 members and other major allies including Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) have some 20 seats.</span><br />
News On AIR | April 1, 2022 10:10 AM
Pakistan PM Imran Khan says foreign nation is trying to oust him