{"id":7496,"date":"2022-04-05T12:38:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T12:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=7496"},"modified":"2022-04-05T12:38:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T12:38:42","slug":"russia-slams-us-attempt-of-shameless-interference-in-internal-affairs-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/russia-slams-us-attempt-of-shameless-interference-in-internal-affairs-of-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia slams US&#8217; attempt of &#8216;shameless interference&#8217; in internal affairs of Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW: Russia slammed the United States for \u201canother attempt of shameless interference\u201d in the internal affairs of Pakistan for its \u201cown selfish purposes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, spokesperson Maria Zakharova noted the ongoing political situation in Pakistan, saying that the development \u201cleaves no doubt\u201d that the US intended to punish &#8220;disobedient&#8221; Prime Minister Imran Khan.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embeds\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embed \"><iframe class=\"faceBookIframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMIDRussia%2Fposts%2F282298230759911&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"533\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embeds-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The statement cited the ruling PTI\u2019s claim, that US Deputy Secretary of State for South Asia Donald Lu called upon the Pakistani ambassador in Washington and subsequently called upon Ambassador Asad Majid to \u201ccondemn the balanced reaction of the Pakistani leadership to the events in Ukraine,\u201d as evidence of US involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediately after the announcement of the working visit of Imran Khan to Moscow on February 23-24 this year, the Americans and their Western associates began to exert rude pressure on the prime minister, demanding an ultimatum to cancel the trip,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson further noted that when he [PM Imran Khan] nevertheless came to Russia, \u201cUS Deputy Secretary of State for South Asia [Donald Lu] called the Pakistani ambassador in Washington and \u201cdemanded that the visit be immediately interrupted, which was also rejected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing Pakistani media, the Russian ministry said that on March 7 this year, in a conversation with the Pakistani ambassador, a high-ranking American official (presumably the same Donald Lu) \u201csharply condemned the balanced reaction of the Pakistani leadership to the events in Ukraine and made it clear that partnerships with the United States are possible only if Imran Khan is removed from power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zakharova said the further development of the situation \u201cleaves no doubt that the United States decided to punish the disobedient Imran Khan: a group of deputies of the same party of the prime minister suddenly went over to the Opposition and the question of a vote of no-confidence in the head of government was immediately submitted to the Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is another attempt of shameless US interference in the internal affairs of an independent state for its own selfish purposes, the above facts eloquently testify to this,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that Pakistani voters will be informed about these circumstances when they come to the elections, which should be held within 90 days after the dissolution of the National Assembly,\u201d it further added.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/opposition-is-shocked-by-my-surprise-pm-imran-khan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Opposition is shocked by my surprise: Pm Imran Khan<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW: Russia slammed the United States for \u201canother attempt of shameless interference\u201d in the internal affairs of Pakistan for its \u201cown selfish purposes\u201d. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, spokesperson Maria Zakharova noted the ongoing political situation in Pakistan, saying that the development \u201cleaves no doubt\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[525,4810,532,636,138],"class_list":["post-7496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-world","tag-prime-minister-imran-khan","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-united-states","tag-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}