New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the nation today (April 8). His address came in the wake of the Supreme Court directing him to face the no-confidence motion a day earlier in a historic verdict.


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Khan is also expected to make an "important announcement" during his address. Citing Pakistan’s the Dawn newspaper, news agency PTI reported that Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Khan will make an "important announcement" in his address to the nation. 


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"I am upset with the Supreme Court's decision. I was upset because when the Dy Speaker conducted the probe, the SC should have investigated it," Imran Khan said. 


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A country's foundation is justice. In the past few weeks, the country's politics and democracy has become a joke: PM Imran Khan


We saw blatant horse-trading, politicians being bought. Where is the country headed, is a question that comes to mind: Imran Khan


I respect the Supreme Court of Pakistan but I was upset by the apex court's decision. It did not probe the claim of a foreign power meddling in the country's politics: Imran Khan


Foreign forces are ordering you, 22 crore people of a democratic nation. They are ordering you to remove a democratically-elected government: Imran Khan


We have to decide what kind of Pakistan do we want: Imran Khan


US wants me to be removed because they know I will not be their puppet: Imran Khan


Imran Khan said India and Pakistan got Independence together, however, Pakistan "gets used as a tissue paper and thrown away." "Imran Khan is not anti-US, but I want to tell the US that Pakistan and Pakistan's people cannot be used like tissue paper," the Pakistan PM said. 


No superpower can control India, it is self-respecting, which was seen during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war: Imran Khan


There is rampant horse-trading in the opposition camp. Which country's democracy allows these kinds of acts. I'm not anti-American but we don't need a one-sided relationship. Look at India,no one can dictate to India on their foreign policy(the way they dictate to us): Pakistan PM as quoted by ANI. 


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