Khan, who was removed from office by a no-confidence vote in parliament in April of last year, had been unpopular with the US during his time in office. He praised the Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan in 2021 and claimed that Washington was behind the 2022 coup attempt.His allegations were denied by Washington and Pakistan’s National Security Council, an organization made up of senior civil and military officials. Khan was replaced as the first.
Source: Hindustan Times The visit by the US group comes as Pakistan’s $350-billion economy is still struggling to recover from the disastrous floods that occurred last year and left at least 1,700 people dead. According to the government, reconstruction would cost $16 billion.The country, which has nuclear weapons, is on the verge of an economic collapse. After 10 days of face-to-face negotiations in Islamabad on how to keep the country afloat came to an end on Friday without a resolution, discussions between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund were set to restart online this week.
Late in January, the Dawn daily claimed that Pakistan had asked the US for assistance in resuming the IMF program, which would have released $1.1 billion to the country’s struggling economy as it rebuilds.
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