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Washington trashes Imran Khan’s allegation that US wants to oust him

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The United States on Thursday rejected insinuations made by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan regarding Washington's role in an alleged "foreign conspiracy" to oust him from power.</p>
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"There is no truth to these allegations. We are closely following developments in Pakistan. We respect and support Pakistan's constitutional process and the rule of law," a US State Department spokesperson told ANI.</p>
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The Pakistan Prime Minister reiterated his claims of 'foreign conspiracy' in the country, saying that a foreign nation is trying to oust him over the "independent" foreign policy choices made by him.</p>
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Addressing the people of Pakistan, ahead of the no-confidence motion, Imran claimed a foreign nation sent a message that Imran Khan needs to be removed else the country will suffer consequences.</p>
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"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.</p>
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"On March 8 or before that on March 7, the US sent us a…not the US but a foreign country sent us a message. The reason why I am talking about this…for an independent country to receive such a message… this is against me and the country," he said.</p>
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Imran Khan said the memo was against him, not against the government. "…it stated that if the no-confidence motion passes, Pakistan will be forgiven, if not, there will be consequences."</p>
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Pakistan PM earlier shared the contents of a secret letter that was in the  news last week when he informed a public meeting that his government had received threats from abroad.</p>
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Imran Khan had claimed that the threatening letter had been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p>
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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.</p>
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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Imran Khan has "nowhere to run" less than an hour after proceedings of the National Assembly of Pakistan were adjourned.</p>
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This remark comes as proceedings of the Pakistan National Assembly were adjourned till April 3. The session was held with more than 172 members from the Opposition benches in attendance.</p>
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