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Al Jazeera
Politics
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

What Pakistan’s political shakeup means for relations with US

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with then-Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in New York, September 23, 2021 [File: Kena Betancur/Pool via Reuters]

As Pakistan’s Imran Khan fought to retain his post in the face of mounting pressure this month, the now-former prime minister pointed the finger at the United States to explain his political downfall.

Khan accused Washington of conspiring with the Pakistani political opposition to remove him from office, saying US President Joe Biden’s administration was upset over his “independent” approach to foreign policy and a visit to Moscow that coincided with the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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