ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said Saudi Arabia had no role in the regime change campaign in 2022, according to the head of his party-backed Sunni Ittehad Council.
Khan, 71, was ousted from power in April 2022 and immediately blamed a US-led conspiracy for his downfall.
However, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party came under pressure when party leader Sher Afzal Marwat suggested during a private TV interview on Tuesday that the US as well as Saudi Arabia should play a role in removing Khan. Played.
His statement coincides with a high-profile visit to Saudi Arabia led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan. The party faced trouble at the time of Marwat's claim as he had already been accused of working against investment in Pakistan.
Although Marwat distanced himself from the views expressed by Marwat, Khan had to step in to control the damage. His statement was conveyed by the party leader, who met him at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, where he has been imprisoned since September last year.
According to Sahibzada Hamid Raza, head of the Sunni-backed Ittehad Council (SIC), Khan said during the meeting that Saudi Arabia was not involved in the regime change.
Earlier, he had said that Marwat's statement does not in any way reflect the party's strategy or stance.
Khan has had uneasy relations with the Saudis and was forced to abandon plans to attend a meeting of Muslim leaders in Malaysia in 2019 after Saudi Arabia showed displeasure at the conference over the perception that it would challenge him. There was an attempt to form a coalition for. The role of leadership in the Muslim world.
Khan, 71, was ousted from power in April 2022 and immediately blamed a US-led conspiracy for his downfall.
However, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party came under pressure when party leader Sher Afzal Marwat suggested during a private TV interview on Tuesday that the US as well as Saudi Arabia should play a role in removing Khan. Played.
His statement coincides with a high-profile visit to Saudi Arabia led by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan. The party faced trouble at the time of Marwat's claim as he had already been accused of working against investment in Pakistan.
Although Marwat distanced himself from the views expressed by Marwat, Khan had to step in to control the damage. His statement was conveyed by the party leader, who met him at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, where he has been imprisoned since September last year.
According to Sahibzada Hamid Raza, head of the Sunni-backed Ittehad Council (SIC), Khan said during the meeting that Saudi Arabia was not involved in the regime change.
Earlier, he had said that Marwat's statement does not in any way reflect the party's strategy or stance.
Khan has had uneasy relations with the Saudis and was forced to abandon plans to attend a meeting of Muslim leaders in Malaysia in 2019 after Saudi Arabia showed displeasure at the conference over the perception that it would challenge him. There was an attempt to form a coalition for. The role of leadership in the Muslim world.
