imran khan

The PCB’s reported threat to boycott the Lord’s Test over Imran Khan’s sons’ Sky Sports interview exposes how Pakistan’s cricket establishment itself politicized cricket to suppress an inconvenient political narrative.

Unverified claims by US-based Pakistani journalist Wajahat Saeed Khan suggest three military sources believe jailed former PM Imran Khan may have died in prison. With family and doctors denied access, the rumour has sparked massive concern, though no official confirmation exists.

In keeping with his long-standing 'absolutely not' attitude against allowing US military activities on Pakistani territory, Khan presented Pakistan's stance as principled neutrality, a reluctance to take sides in a conflict between world powers. Donald Lu met with Pakistan's ambassador in Washington two weeks later, on March 7, 2022, and expressed his thoughts in unusually forthright words for diplomatic standards.

The cypher records US anger over Khan’s Moscow visit, Pakistan envoy’s pushback, warnings of isolation, American double standards on India, and how Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir returned Islamabad to Washington’s lap.