The State Department has said that allegations of US involvement in a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan's government are mere allegations and have no basis in fact.
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According to the Dawn newspaper, in a seemingly slippery slope, the prime minister, in his address to the nation, allegedly named the United States as the country behind the letter, but then quickly corrected himself. This is another country, not the United States. When Dawn contacted the State Department to comment on the prime minister's statement, a spokesman said "there is no truth in these allegations."
This is an unusually blunt comment on the head of government's statement, but recent allegations from Islamabad indicate growing frustration in Washington. However, the department did not answer questions about how such allegations could affect US-Pakistan relations and contacts with Pakistan's diplomatic missions in the United States.
Diplomatic observers in Washington say this could have a negative effect on bilateral relations and that US officials may be more cautious in their discussions with Pakistani officials.
He explained that the embassies and officials of the host countries often use informal meetings to convey "thoughts and feelings" which cannot be conveyed through proper diplomatic channels.
"Diplomatic observers are like listening posts, they listen to a lot and share with their government so that they can read and analyze, but if you embarrass the host country officials," said one diplomatic observer. If so, they will not talk to you and your embassy will no longer be a listening post.
Michael Kogelman, a South Asian scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., points out that in the history of US-Pakistan relations, it is important for officials on both sides to come up with and share personal and negative views in private conversations on current developments. It has been quite common.
Pakistani journalist Naseem Zehra, responding to Mr Kogel Yen's comments on social media, said that a US Under Secretary of State had called the outgoing Pakistani ambassador Asad Majeed Khan to "deliver a demarcation" to Islamabad and As long as Imran Khan is the Prime Minister, relations with Pakistan cannot be improved and if he leaves then Pakistan can be forgiven for its mistakes.
He described it as a "provocative government communication" that "everyone should condemn." To which Michael Kogelman said that the remarks may have been made by someone other than the Under-Secretary, perhaps an Assistant Secretary who is more likely to speak to the Ambassador, perhaps a farewell call to the Ambassador before his departure for his new assignment. As discussed.
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