Imran Khan’s arrest is Pakistan’s internal matter: US

The US State Department has said that the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan is an internal matter for Pakistan, but independent observers have warned that it will further exacerbate the political crisis.

The spokesperson of the State Department said that the cases against Imran Khan and other politicians in Pakistan are an internal matter.

American parliamentarians, who generally support Imran Khan and his politics, were silent on the issue, but political observers and think tank experts were more vocal.

Michael Kogelman, a scholar of South Asian affairs at the Wilson Center in Washington, tweeted that “Pakistan’s political crisis seemed to be abating some time ago, with the government promising to step down and give way to a caretaker government to prepare for elections.” But now after the re-arrest of Imran Khan, the elections may be delayed.

Member of National Assembly Mohsin Dawar said in a tweet that a Prime Minister was convicted on Iqama and now for selling a wristwatch to another Prime Minister, politicians are infamous for such trivial matters while ‘others’ face more serious charges. Despite this, they escape.

He further wrote that politicians are used and then lost like Imran Khan, we keep moving in circles.

Yesterday, many supporters of Imran Khan gathered outside the Pakistan High Commission in London against his arrest.

Shayan Ali, a prominent PTI activist, asked Imran Khan’s supporters to gather outside the Pakistan Mission in Lowndes Square yesterday afternoon. Despite the rain, PTI supporters gathered outside the embassy and Imran Khan’s Raised slogans in favor.