ISLAMABD – Pakistani PM Khan lands in hot waters from hardliners overreported meeting with Jewish Billionaire in New YorkThe meeting between billionaire George Soros and Pakistani PM Imran Khanhas apparently backfired for Khan, as the country’s Islamists saw it as a“proof” of his ties with Jews and vowed to oust the government.
The *“war”* on Khan has been announced by the leader of the Islamistpolitical party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), Fazlur Rehman, who alsoleads an alliance of five right-wing and hardline-Islamist parties, knownas Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).[image: Imran Khan’s jet turns around mid-flight, makes emergency landingin NYC after electronics glitch]link
Rehman announced a major protest, dubbed ‘Freedom March,’ that will be heldon October 27, warning the authorities against any attempts to disrupt itand assuring his supporters that the *“war”* will go on until thegovernment falls. MMA, as well as other opposition parties have beenrepeatedly accusing Khan of rigging last year’s general elections andurging him to step down.
*“The current government is the result of a fake election and fakeresults,”* Rehman said during a press conference on Saturday.
While the alleged electoral fraud has been on the table for the oppositionfor quite some time, the last straw was a meeting between Khan and thefounder Open Society Foundation, billionaire George Soros on the sidelinesof the UNGA late in September.
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The meeting prompted a very angrylink reactionamong Pakistani Islamists. Rehman accused Khan of being a* “Jewishagent”* strivingto turn the country into a puppet of foreign players.
*“By meeting that infamous Jew, [Khan] has made it clear that [hisgovernment] doesn’t want to bring reforms in religious education. They wantto make Pakistan’s educational system subservient to the West,”* Rehmanstated.
The Soros-Khan talks have sure come in handy for Rehman, as he hasrepeatedly accused Khan of having close ties to Jews – as well as the US –and declaredlinkin2013 that voting for him was ultimately *“haram”* (forbidden) for trueMuslims. When asked for proof back then, however, Rehman said his own wordwas enough, since such a righteous man as he is would never speak ill ofanybody. – Russia Today
