Ex-PM Khan seeks balanced Pakistan ties with US, China

Bloomberg

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan said he wants to have good relations with the US, a country that he’s blamed for months of colluding with his successor to oust him from office in April.
“We want good relations with China, Russia and the US,” Khan told his supporters in a video-taped address as they marched to the capital Islamabad to pressure the government to hold snap elections. “I have been saying this for the last 26 years, that we want to befriend everyone but don’t want to be enslaved by anyone.”
Khan did not mention his allegation that Washington had worked with current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and the nation’s powerful military establishment to manipulate his exit through a no-confidence vote in parliament. It’s a charge all three have denied.
Khan’s remarks come days after President Arif Alvi said that efforts are being made to smooth the former premier’s current tense relations with the military, the Dawn newspaper reported.