The subject was brought to light by allegations in Sunday’s media that PTI’s foreign secretary Abdullah Riar “had phoned US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs Donald Lu and urged him to move on from the past.
Imran Khan, the former prime minister, asserted in March that the opposition’s no-confidence motion against him was the product of a “foreign plot” because of his foreign policies and that money was being sent from abroad to remove him from power.
Later, PTI leaders revealed to reporters that the cable that the former Pakistani ambassador to Washington transmitted to Islamabad on March 7 described the conspiracy and served as the foundation for their assertion. The cable contained information about the meeting between Mr. Lu and Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan at the Pakistani Embassy.
