PM Imran Khan publicly claimed that a foreign power interfered in Pakistan's internal affairs and tried to remove his government. He later said a US State Department official, Donald Lu, was behind a "conspiracy" against his administration due to Pakistan pursuing an independent foreign policy. Donald Lu currently serves as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs and has previously served as US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan and Albania, as well as working on the Ebola crisis in West Africa for the State Department.
PM Imran Khan publicly claimed that a foreign power interfered in Pakistan's internal affairs and tried to remove his government. He later said a US State Department official, Donald Lu, was behind a "conspiracy" against his administration due to Pakistan pursuing an independent foreign policy. Donald Lu currently serves as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs and has previously served as US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan and Albania, as well as working on the Ebola crisis in West Africa for the State Department.
PM Imran Khan publicly claimed that a foreign power interfered in Pakistan's internal affairs and tried to remove his government. He later said a US State Department official, Donald Lu, was behind a "conspiracy" against his administration due to Pakistan pursuing an independent foreign policy. Donald Lu currently serves as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs and has previously served as US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan and Albania, as well as working on the Ebola crisis in West Africa for the State Department.
thenews.com.pk State Dept official Donald Lu is behind this “conspiracy” against the PTI government due to an independent foreign policy.
PM Imran Khan in a public rally on March 27 had
claimed that a foreign power had interfered in the national affairs of the country and attempted to dislodge his government.
At that time he did not name the country and the
official but in his later interactions with parliamentarians and media, he shared the name of the US official who allegedly threatened the government. Donald Lu’s profile
Donald Lu is serving as Assistant Secretary of
State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs since September 15, 2021. Prior to this assignment, Assistant Secretary Lu served as the US Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic from 2018 to 2021 and the US Ambassador to the Republic of Albania from 2015-2018.
Before his posting in Albania, Lu worked on the
Ebola crisis in West Africa as the Deputy Coordinator for Ebola Response in the Department of State. Share Next Story >>>