How and Why the US Dictatorship Overthrew Pakistan’s Democracy On August 9th, Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain of The Intercept headlined “Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan” and sub-headed “‘All will be forgiven,’ said a U.S. diplomat, if the no-confidence vote against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeds.” Here are highlights from their news-report: THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as prime minister over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by The Intercept. The meeting, between the Pakistani ambassador to the United States and two State Department officials, has been the subject of intense scrutiny, controversy, and speculation in Pakistan over the past year and a half, as supporters of Khan and his military and civilian opponents jockeyed for power. The political struggle escalated on August 5 when Khan was sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges and taken into custody for the second time since his ouster. Khan’s defenders dismiss the charges as baseless. The sentence also blocks Khan, Pakistan’s most popular politician, from contesting elections expected in Pakistan later this … Meer lezen over Eric Zuesse – How and Why the US Dictatorship Overthrew Pakistan’s Democracy