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Al Jazeera
Politics
Abid Hussain

Did US ask for Imran Khan’s removal as Pakistan PM after he visited Russia?

Khan was sacked from power in April 2022 after he lost a no-confidence vote in parliament [File: K M Chaudary/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – A United States-based news outlet has published what it claims to be the details of a diplomatic “cypher” – or a secret cable – that suggests the US administration wanted to remove former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan from power last year.

Khan was sacked from power in April 2022 after he lost a no-confidence vote in parliament. He alleged he knew of the “cypher” while he was in office which, according to him, proved the US hatched a conspiracy with the help of his political opponents and the Pakistani military to remove him.

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