Apparently no prime minister has ever served full term in Pakistan. His term would end next year.

For those who don't know, Imran Khan is an ex cricketer turned politician who got elected in 2018. He seems to be liberal and is friendly to both China and western capital (IMF). Most recently he visited Putin a day before he did the thing in Ukraine. He has also openly supported Taliban during their takeover. Anyone think CIA has anything to do with this situation?

Can any Pakistani posters here explain the ground level situation better. Are people unhappy with him? Who can be his successor? What can we expect with regards to foreign policy and China if this attempt to soft coup succeeds?

  • CommCat [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Pakistan-China relations are pretty solid, so whoever comes to power, they will not go against it. Too much economic and military ties between the two countries. Pretty close to zero chance that their new PM will break from China, military would probably launch a coup.

    While Pakistan fought the Soviets in Afghanistan (at the behest of the USA), it has grown closer to Russia in recent times, with Khan's untimely visit with Putin right before the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. There were news article that the US was pressuring Pakistan to denounce Russia, but Khan refused and stated that they aren't the US' slaves. I think Pakistan also refused to stop buying Russian gas. So yeah there definitely has been pressure on Khan by the US, so wouldn't be surprising if the CIA is playing their part. There are open CIA agents in Pakistan, they are there to observe their F-16 jets. A lot of their elites and top generals have family living in the USA, and are probably looking to retire there aswell, so they are easily bought.