WASHINGTON – The US government on Wednesday termed former prime ministerImran Khan’s allegations about his ouster as a “propaganda, misinformation,and lies”.
In April, ex-prime minister Imran Khan was ousted through a no-trust motionand Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan.
However, Imran Khan repeatedly blamed the US government for his ouster,claiming that US President Joe Biden’s administration was behind the regimechange in Pakistan.
The US government time and again rejected his allegations. In the wee hoursof Wednesday, during a regular press briefing, State DepartmentSpokesperson Ned Price responded to a question that Khan is still blamingUS efforts for his ouster from the prime minister’s office and leading ananti-American campaign.
“We are not going to let propaganda, allegations, disinformation, and liesharm bilateral relationships, including the one with Pakistan,” Ned Pricesaid.
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The State Department spokesperson also responded to the question regardingthe telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardariand US Secretary Antony Blinken.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari received a telephonecall from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday.
During the phone call, Secretary Blinken congratulated Foreign MinisterBilawal Bhutto on assumption of his office and expressed his desire tostrengthen the “mutually-beneficial Pakistan-US bilateral relations”.
