Tuesday Apr 11 2023
Haqqani says he is neither a lobbyist nor he has gotten any installment in such manner.
Says Imran Khan ought to acknowledge no-trust move against him.
Zalmay Khalilzad isn't esteemed in America like he used to be, he adds.
Previous Pakistan's minister to the US Husain Haqqani abraded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Director Imran Khan for calling him a lobbyist and offering his types of assistance to previous armed force boss Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa.
Prior in January, the previous top state leader charged Gen (retd) Bajwa of employing the administrations of Haqqani for campaigning in the US. He likewise said Haqqani sent off a mission against him and had been advancing the previous armed force boss in the US.
"It is moronic to say that I finished his [Imran Khan] government with somebody. I'm neither a lobbyist nor have I gotten any installment in such manner. I have great relations with individuals in the US," said the previous envoy while talking during the Geo News program "Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath".
He further said that Robert Grenier isn't a lobbyist either and is an administration official who used to refresh his examination.
"The US needn't bother with me to frame Imran Khan's picture. My examination is connected with the governmental issues in Pakistan," expressed Haqqani while requesting that the PTI boss talk reality.
Haqqani said that Khan even called him a backstabber due to his position, adding that the previous chief was taken out from power through the votes of 174 individuals from the gathering and that he has "nothing to do with any of these MNAs".
The previous minister said that a many individuals contact think tanks in the US for research. He added that the job of entryways, columnist and researcher is unique.
Haqqani said that Khan made his enemy of American picture over the most recent 26 years. "I didn't remain on a holder and mishandled anybody, later requesting pardoning," he added.
The previous emissary to Washington further said that Gen (retd) Bajwa and his association persuaded the country for a long time that his perspective is "hostile to Pakistan".
Haqqani said that he will keep on gathering US representative Donald Lu, addressing how does this demonstrate that he was engaged with a trick.
"You [Khan] ought to acknowledge the statement of general disapproval, for what reason are you hauling me into it?" said the previous emissary. "I haven't been to Pakistan for a very long time and in the event that somebody came to meet me, they ought to be addressed."
The ex-diplomat said that his work isn't connected with campaigning against somebody or for somebody. He said that it was Imran Khan who said that "I said Bajwa is a decent man."
"I had said that Gen Bajwa's assertion with respect to Russia was in light of a legitimate concern for Pakistan," he noted.
Talking about previous US emissary for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, Haqqani said that he isn't esteemed in America like he used to be and he is simply attempting to make his place now.
"In the event that the US has any interest in Pakistan, it wouldn't accompany an individual," he added.
