Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that the statement by ex-prime minister Imran Khan against a national institution was in fact a conspiracy against Pakistan and the institution, which needed to be stopped immediately to avert chaos.

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Referring to the PTI chairman’s narrative of regime change conspiracy by the United States, the prime minister said Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington had explained that the conversation was threatening but it had nothing to do with any conspiracy against Imran Khan’s government.

Citing examples from history, the prime minister said Henry Kissinger had threatened Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to roll back the nuclear program, US official Richar Armitage threatened that time Pakistan officials after 9/11 and Russia wrote a threatening letter to Yahya Khan.

The prime minister, in his address at the National Assembly, said if the situation was not controlled, Pakistan could meet a fate like Syria and Libya.

He said the same institution at the target of Imran Khan’s criticism, had extended unprecedented support to Imran Khan’s government which he was now referring to as Mir Jafar.

“If it was not stopped using constitutional and legal means, it can lead to chaos. He (Imran Khan) wants to wrap up the democratic system. Notice should be taken of his remarks. This should be controlled otherwise no one will be spared,” he commented.

“Every day we hurl threats to India and India does the same to Pakistan. Should we call it a conspiracy,” he commented.

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He said it was Imran Khan who had wished Narendra Modi to win the election in India hoping that he would be helpful to resolve the Kashmir dispute.

He said the letter by the ambassador was also read out at the National Security Committee, which too, in a communique said to have found out no clue of any conspiracy.

Meanwhile, speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, Defense Minister says Imran Khan is trying to create differences among the state institutions.

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