The views expressed are his own)Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was deposed in April 2022, and later arrested, and has been confined since early August in a tiny, dingy cell in jail with few amenities. Imran Khan strongly opposed Pakistan’s support to the US invasion of Afghanistan, saying this was not our war, and that Pakistan paid a very heavy price for it. https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pakistan-imran-khan-afghanistan-america-war-on-terror-7684489/Imran Khan has said Pakistan will never again be a US partner in a war. https://www.voanews.com/a/south-central-asia_khan-pakistan-can-never-again-be-us-partner-war/6207681.htmlHe has strongly opposed setting up US military bases in Pakistan. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/01/pakistan-must-reject-us-aid-and-exit-the-war-on-terror-says-imran-khanImran Khan alleged there was a US conspiracy which ousted him in April 2022.https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/27/asia/pakistan-imran-khan-us-conspiracy-intl-hnk/index.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPfO4skS9ck&pp=ygUkaW1yYW4ga2hhbiB1cyBjb25zcGlyYWN5IGFnYWluc3QgaGltAll this has antagonised the US Govt, and the Pakistan army which follows instructions from the former, has accordingly incarcerated Imran Khan on various trumped-up charges.

Source: Hindustan Times October 29, 2023 05:55 UTC