US punishes Pakistani PM Imran Khan for his foreign policy

MOSCOW – Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolves the Pakistan National Assembly on April 3. The move came minutes after National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri rejected a no-confidence vote against Imran Khan’s government after the incumbent leader lost his majority in the assembly.

However, Pakistan’s Supreme Court is reviewing the validity of the presidential order.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the United States (US) for Pakistan’s “interference in internal affairs”.

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The government of Prime Minister Imran Khan will hold snap elections scheduled to be held in three months.

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“The way the situation developed there is no doubt that the United States decided to punish Imran Khan for disobedience: a group of deputies from the Prime Minister’s party suddenly defected to the opposition and parliament immediately raised questions about voting a vote of no confidence,” said a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry. , Maria Zakharova.

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Zakharova said American officials had put “rough pressure” on the Pakistani prime minister and given him an “ultimatum” to suspend his visit to Moscow on February 23-24.

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