{"id":8736,"date":"2024-04-04T20:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=8736"},"modified":"2024-04-04T20:30:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:30:36","slug":"u-s-role-in-pakistans-political-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=8736","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Role in Pakistan\u2019s Political Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author: <\/b>Abdul Jabbar<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

Affiliation: <\/b>City College of San Francisco<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>Counter Currents<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place: <\/b>April 17, 2022\/ Kerala, India<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Analysis<\/span><\/p>

Word Count: <\/b>1850<\/span><\/p>

Link: <\/b>https:\/\/countercurrents.org\/2022\/04\/u-s-role-in-pakistans-political-crisis\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords: <\/b>Pakistan, US, Regime Change, Iran, Egypt, Chile, Russia, China, Imran Khan<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Brief:<\/b><\/p>

The author, an American of Pakistani descent and political science professor, analyses and forecasts the emphatic return of Imran Khan as prime minister of Pakistan. He itemizes points of evidence indicating that Khan was removed from office as a result of a US regime change operation through local collaborators, verifying what the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party chief has claimed.<\/span><\/p>

The author draws attention to Washington\u2019s history of regime change operations in many nations, including but not limited to Iran, Egypt, and Chile. In these cases, the professor details how the US has consistently employed what he terms \u201cindirect colonialism,\u201d in which \u201clocal brown-skinned self-seeking, nation-betraying leaders\u201d are used to \u201csacrifice national interest for the sake of self-advancement.\u201d \u201cThe colonizer does not have to spend its resources on launching a formal invasion to occupy a country. Local corrupt politicians prostitute national interest to do the colonizer\u2019s bidding,\u201d he explains.\u00a0 The regime-change operation in Pakistan likewise involved a collegium of corruption-tainted opponents of Khan and dissident members of Khan\u2019s own party, whose calendar of activities revealed continuous engagement with US Consular staff. They subsequently submitted a no-confidence motion in the Pakistan National Assembly on March 8<\/span>th<\/span>. A day earlier, US Assistant Secretary of State for the South Donald Lu had hurled warnings that if Khan was not removed \u201cPakistan will pay the cost.\u201d The US initially denied sending any such \u201cthreat,\u201d but then acknowledged that there was communication and that it was normal to use \u201cstrong language\u201d, and that the reference was to Pakistan suffering economically. But such language is to be taken seriously in light of prior State Department threats, including a threat from Henry Kissinger to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1977 that \u201cWe will make an example of you.\u201d Khan\u2019s predecessor and his democratic government were overthrown by then Pakistan army chief Gen. Zia-ul-Haq, who hanged Bhutto to death by the military junta. Khan had been pursuing an independent foreign policy much like Bhutto. The author concludes by summarizing some of the initiatives taken by the former Khan-led administration to steer Pakistan out of begging bowl syndrome despite the pandemic hitting the global and domestic economies hard.<\/span><\/p>


By: <\/b>Riyaz ul Khaliq, <\/span>CIGA Non-resident Research Associate<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Abdul Jabbar\u00a0 Affiliation: City College of San Francisco Organization\/Publisher: Counter Currents Date\/Place: April 17, 2022\/ Kerala, India Type of Literature: Analysis Word Count: 1850 Link: https:\/\/countercurrents.org\/2022\/04\/u-s-role-in-pakistans-political-crisis\/ Keywords: Pakistan, US, Regime Change, Iran, Egypt, Chile, Russia, China, Imran Khan Brief: The author, an American of Pakistani descent and political science professor, analyses and forecasts the 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