Pakistan to Probe Former PM Imran Khan for US Conspiracy Claim
- Minister Ahsan Iqbal says Khan breached national security
- Khan accused US of plotting his ouster from power in April
Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sept. 22.
Photographer: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
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Pakistan government ordered an inquiry against former prime minister Imran Khan for allegedly politicizing a conversation between a US official and Islamabad’s envoy in Washington for his personal political gain, damaging relations between the two countries.
Khan “breached the national security,” planning minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Geo television channel on Monday. Action will be taken against him on the basis of outcome of the inquiry by the Federal investigation Agency, he said without elaborating.