Murtaza khan refuted the claim

In a brief series of articles, Murtaza Hussain and Ryan Grim attempted to unravel the intricate political situation that Pakistan has grappled with over the past year and a half. Regrettably, their efforts fell short of the mark. When even local experts on Pakistani politics find it challenging to navigate the complexities, what chance did two Americans, entirely detached from the ground realities of Pakistan, have?

Ryan and Murtaza initially drew the spotlight in Pakistani media on August 9th when they published an article referencing the nowinfamous cipher.

So that Islam does not aid any form of atrocity, any form of oppression, any form of terrorism, any form of wrong conduct.

They asserted that they had access to a highly controversial document, purportedly the key catalyst behind the removal of Former Prime Minister Khan. Journalistic credibility demands a more nuanced and introspective approach, one that is open to exploring all angles of a story. Countries, particularly superpowers like the United States, have always engaged in hard diplomacy to influence global politics; that is a fundamental concept discussed in any college international relations textbook.

The undeniable facts are that all opposition parties met on February 11, , and announced their intent to initiate a formal vote of no confidence against PM Khan. As reported by The Intercept, the cable is dated March 7, What influence the United States may have had beyond the cable is a highly debatable matter and not something that should be so readily debated in print media without compelling proof—proof that they quite simply fail to provide.

Murtaza and Ryan also expect all their readers to take a massive leap of faith when it comes to taking their articles seriously. Murtaza also seems to have a tendency to take things out of context.

The segment discusses the theory that Islam is not a general rule, but rather a pattern.

Diplomats and career politicians often choose their words very carefully, and they do so for good reason. Days later, Murtaza and Ryan authored another article, reinforcing their previous claims. The question then arises: whose statements should we trust? The fact is that, by all merits, it is simply outrageous that a former Prime Minister failed to exercise every degree of caution entrusted to him.

Even if he was being actively pressured by foreign actors, Prime Minister Khan simply should not have gone to political rallies waving around documents of national security in hopes that he would garner political support.