U.S denies seeking regime change in Pakistan

WASHINGTON, April 5: The United States has again rejected charges by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan that Washington is trying to engineer a regime change in Islamabad – including his naming of an American official who he said sent threatening messages calling for his ouster – while expressing support for a constitutional process and rule of law in the country. “There is no truth to these allegations. We respect and support Pakistan’s constitutional process and the rule of law,” a US State Department spokesperson said on Monday. The US official said Washington is “closely following developments in Pakistan,” even as the matter of constitutional propriety was taken to the country’s Supreme Court. “As you heard from me last week, we support the peaceful upholding of constitutional and democratic principles in Pakistan,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference. “It is the case around the world. We do not support one political party over another. We support the broader principles, the principles of rule of law, of equal justice under the law,” he said. – TLTP