Imran Khan Says US Threatened Him and Wants Him Ousted as Pakistan PM – Al-Manar TV Lebanon

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will never resign his post after a parliament debate on a no-confidence motion, which aims to remove him from office, was postponed until Sunday.

“I fight till the very last ball. I never quit whatever the result may be,” Khan, a former international cricket star, said on Thursday, adding, “I will come back with more power, whatever the result is.”

Khan made the remarks in a televised address, claiming that a foreign country is encouraging a no-confidence vote because of his visit to Russia last month.

He even named the United States as the origin of a “message” that he said proved a foreign country was meddling in Pakistan’s affairs.

“America has — oh, not America but a foreign country I can’t name. I mean from a foreign country, we received a message,” he said.

According to Reuters, citing local media, the message was in a briefing letter from Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington recording a senior US official telling him they felt relations would be better if Khan left office.

“They say that ‘our anger will vanish if Imran Khan loses this no-confidence vote’,” he said.