WASHINGTON: The arrest of Imran Khan is Pakistan's 'internal matter', a US State Department spokesman said on Monday (Aug 7), declining to take a position on the legal troubles of the former prime minister and frequent US critic. Police arrested Khan in Lahore on Saturday after a
WASHINGTON: The arrest of Imran Khan is Pakistan's"internal matter", a US State Department spokesman said on Monday , declining to take a position on the legal troubles of the former prime minister and frequent US critic.for illegally selling state gifts. The guilty verdict could stop the opposition leader from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party from contesting a national election later this year.
"At times there are cases that are so obviously unfounded that the United States believes it should say something about the matter. We have not made that determination here," Miller added. "I think Khan blaming the US for his ouster last year certainly hasn't helped matters for him. The US has since steered clear of commenting in any specific terms on Pakistan's politics," said Madiha Afzal, a fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think-tank.CRITIC OF WASHINGTON
Michael Kugelman, the director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center think-tank in Washington, thinks Khan's relentless past criticism means he does not have much sympathy in Washington.Khan, 70, is the South Asian nation's most popular leader, according to opinion polls. A separate brief arrest in May on another set of corruption charges sparked deadly unrest, and ended when the Supreme Court called for him to be released.
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