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.

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.