The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has accused the United States of trying to oust him from power in an extraordinary TV rant as the no-confidence vote in his leadership was postponed.
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In his speech, Khan lashed out at the United States, claiming Washington had conspired with the Pakistani opposition against him and that America wants him, personally, gone.
"America has - oh, not America but a foreign country I can't name. I mean from a foreign country, we received a message," he said.
Local media have reported the message was in a briefing letter from Pakistan's ambassador to Washington recording a senior US official telling him they felt relations would be better if Khan left office.
"They say that 'our anger will vanish if Imran Khan loses this no-confidence vote'," he said.