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No one seems to be happy with current Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s attempts to politicalize a formal letter that came in from the United States. The court squashed his party’s appeal to send Khan into a trust vote situation in the coming days. He apparently used the formal letter to prove that the American administration was trying to play diplomacy, poisoning and forcing people of opposition to oust him. Mr. Khan is known to have accused US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu of being involved in the plot to overthrow his government. This only went on to suggest that Lu had warned Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington that there would be implications if Khan survived the no-confidence vote. The US has dismissed this claim. Sources in the diplomatic circles added that it will be difficult to manage foreign relations in the future if the image being projected is that the government could use diplomatic communications for political gains. Pakistan’s latest political crisis erupted las...

The announcement made by Putin last week, shook the world. His  decision of military operation in Ukraine invited condemnations from  across the world. At the same time, on 24 February 2022, close to where Putin made this announcement, the Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was busy enjoying his breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel in Moscow. One may call it lack of political maturity or bad timing, but this has reflected badly on Imran Khas as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. His visit to Moscow at the time when the whole world is looking Russia with disdain is been considered negative. He is also the first Prime Minister to visit Moscow after 1999, after Nawaz Shariff’s visit. It looks like his efforts to carefully build an image has all gone wasted at once. The government of Pakistan has many reasons to believe that the meeting with Putin is to strengthen the relationship between two countries and further develop mutual relationship in diverse fields. Imran Khas is...