| − | ''[[Reuters]]'' reported that the heads of 22 diplomatic missions, including those of [[European Union]] member states, released a joint letter on March 1, 2022, urging Pakistan to support a resolution in the [[United Nations General Assembly]] (UNGA) condemning Russia. Pakistani prime minister [[Imran Khan]] responded at a public event in [[Islamabad]] saying, "What do you think of us? Are we your [[slave]]s ... that whatever you say, we will do?"<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistani-premier-hits-out-western-envoys-joint-letter-russia-2022-03-06/</ref> The US State Department encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove [[Imran Khan]] as [[prime minister]] over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by ''The Intercept''.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2023/08/09/imran-khan-pakistan-cypher-ukraine-russia/</ref> | + | ''[[Reuters]]'' reported that the heads of 22 diplomatic missions, including those of [[European Union]] member states, released a joint letter on March 1, 2022, urging Pakistan to support a resolution in the [[United Nations General Assembly]] (UNGA) condemning Russia. Pakistani prime minister [[Imran Khan]] responded at a public event in [[Islamabad]] saying, "What do you think of us? Are we your [[slave]]s ... that whatever you say, we will do?"<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistani-premier-hits-out-western-envoys-joint-letter-russia-2022-03-06/</ref> The US State Department encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove [[Imran Khan]] as [[prime minister]] over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by ''[[The Intercept]]''.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2023/08/09/imran-khan-pakistan-cypher-ukraine-russia/</ref> |