--- title: "Imran Khan Ousted in Pakistan" type: "post" post_id: "2073" slug: "imran-khan-ousted-in-pakistan" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/10/imran-khan-ousted-in-pakistan/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/10/imran-khan-ousted-in-pakistan.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/10/imran-khan-ousted-in-pakistan.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2022/04/10/imran-khan-ousted-in-pakistan.txt" published: "2022-04-10T14:11:21+00:00" modified: "2022-04-10T14:11:21+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "China" - "India" - "Pakistan" - "Russia" - "Ukraine" - "US" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **Just like that. Pakistan has this reoccurring problem.** **For the record: Pakistan generally seems unstable. Imran Khan’s rise to the top was questionable. To many cooks (metaphorically speaking) especially outside influencers, spoiling the soup.** **The military has a bit too much power and highly questionable loyalties**. **Pakistan in many ways makes me think of Turkey with it’s repeated coups** **and questionable military ties to NATO. Which led Erdogan to purge the military of those most closely linked to NATO and the Gulen network (CIA)** **The leader prior to Khan, Nawaz Sharif, was toppled in a questionable way. And the man anticipated to take the helm is brother to Nawaz Sharif.** **Dynastic Political Families** [**Link**](https://www.trtworld.com/asia/sharif-likely-to-become-next-pakistan-pm-after-khan-s-ouster-56236) **Imran Khan has been dismissed as Pakistan’s prime** minister after losing a no-confidence vote, paving the way for an unlikely opposition alliance that faces the same issues that bedevilled Khan. A new premier will be chosen on Monday, with centrist Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief **Shehbaz Sharif already anointed to lead the nuclear-armed nation of 220 million people.** His first task will be to form a cabinet that will also draw heavily from the centre-left Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), as well as find space for the smaller conservative Jamiatul Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) group. The PPP and PML-N are dynastic parties that have dominated Pakistani politics for decades – usually as bitter rivals – and their relations are sure to fray in the lead-up to the next election, which must be held by October 2023. Shehbaz Sharif is the brother of former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, **while PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the son of former president Asif Ali Zardari and assassinated ex-premier Benazir Bhutto.** **She was assassinated December 27, 2007** **Background info from BBC:** ![](https://i0.wp.com/pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image-12.png?resize=580%2C350&ssl=1)While Musharraf’s case is on hold, others have been acquitted of the crime. Within weeks of the assassination, five suspects had confessed to helping the 15-year-old Bilal assassinate Bhutto at the behest of the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda.**Was Imran Khan’s Outreach to Russia a Factor in His Removal at this time?** What Is Driving Pakistan’s Outreach to Russia? ============================================== > Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Islamabad is betting that Russia is the best guarantor of its interest in the South and Central Asia region. ![](https://i0.wp.com/pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/image-13.png?resize=554%2C441&ssl=1)> **Many political analysts questioned the timing of the visit, as it presumably gave the wrong signals about where Pakistan stood diplomatically in the Russia-versus-West confrontation**. A dominant theme running in the print and electronic media in Pakistan was that Khan’s visit was [planned months in advance](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/931589-pm-imran-to-embark-on-maiden-visit-to-russia-by-month-end), that it was for concluding the negotiations over gas pipeline construction, and that it had [nothing to do with](https://www.dawn.com/news/1677008) the Russian invasion of Ukraine. > > **After the visit, Pakistan’s stance at the international forums suggested neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine war. [Abstaining](https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/938140-pakistan-abstains-from-voting-against-russia-at-unga) from the U.N. General Assembly draft resolution condemning Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Pakistan maintained that endorsing the resolution would [close the doors to diplomacy](https://www.geo.tv/latest/402578-un-general-assembly-demands-russia-withdraw-from-ukraine).** In an earlier press release of the Khan-Putin meeting, **Pakistan had urged for a negotiated settlement to the military conflict.** > > **Recently, Khan launched a [verbal offensive](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/939268-pm-imran-khan-slams-eu-envoys-questions-why-bloc-did-not-write-letter-to-india-on-kashmir) against the European Union ambassadors in Islamabad, as they had urged Pakistan through a public statement to denounce Russia’s war in Ukraine. Khan said that Pakistan was not a slave to follow orders from any country**. This reaction was an extension of Khan’s [earlier instances](https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/852983-absolutely-definitely-maybe-not) of resistance against the U.S.-led drone campaign in Pakistan and Washington’s with-us-or-against-us diktat. Khan instead questioned the West’s position on India’s human rights violations in its administered part of Kashmir. **Read the information at links provided and share some thoughts?**