By Zahid Shah

ISLAMABAD (TSAT) - Pakistan's top civil and military leadership on Thursday termed the threatening letter to its Prime Minister by a world powerful country as “unacceptable” and called it interference in its internal affairs.  

In a statement, Issued from the Prime Minister's office after the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting, said the language used by the foreign official during a formal meeting with its ambassador was undiplomatic. 

“The Committee expressed grave concern at the communication, terming the language used by the foreign official as undiplomatic. The Committee concluded that the communication amounted to blatant interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan by the country in question, which was unacceptable under any circumstances,” said in the statement.

The NSC meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, attended by the Federal Ministers of Defence, Energy, Information & Broadcasting, Interior, Finance, Human Rights, Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Services Chiefs of armed forces, National Security Adviser, and other senior officers.

The National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf briefed the Committee on the formal communication of a senior official of a foreign country to Pakistan’s Ambassador in the said country in a formal meeting, which was duly conveyed by the Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  

The Committee has also decided that Pakistan will issue a strong demarche to the country in question both in Islamabad and in the country’s capital through proper channels in keeping with diplomatic norms.

In the official statement, the country name was not mentioned from where PM Khan received a threatening letter. However later in his address to the nation, Khan mentioned the US name but soon after he said “no America but a foreign country. 

After Khan's address, thousand of Pakistani came to Twitter and condemned the US for interfering with its country's internal affairs. 

“Will US State Department like to replace President Joe Biden with Fazal ur Rehman?

If yes, we'll book him a flight to US right now! If not, WHY is US trying to "impose" someone on 22 CRORE Pakistanis whom we VOTED OUT electorally?,” Maleeha Hashmey, a Pakistani journalist wrote on Twitter.

Pakistani people also launched to sign a petition with the title “We Want Imran Khan to stay as our Prime Minister” which was signed by more than 62,000 people in 38 minutes. 

The petitioner demanded that they do not want the opposition parties to come back in power again. 

“We are done with mafias that have been ruling us for decades. Democracy is about the people and the decision has to be taken by the people. We want this to be really big! Stand Up people of Pakistan. Sign this petition until it is highlighted by the authorities,” said in the petition.

“One more condition is that we want the Pakistan Peoples Party to be kicked off from Sindh!.”

“No interference in the sovereign Nations. We say No to Blackmailing. Bullying. Better live and let live , You just in August left this region not very proudly,” Muhammad Afzal Khan wrote on Twitter. 

Earlier Khan in his address said that a foreign conspiracy is being hatched to topple his government amid an upcoming no-confidence vote against him.

“These people are not happy about my recent visit to Russia but I want to tell everyone that I did not bow to anyone and will not let my nation bow down before anyone.

Without naming the US, Khan said his nation sacrificed more lives than other allies of the US in Afghan war, but no one acknowledged their sacrifices.

Khan accused the opposition parties to playing in hands of foreign forces to topple his government because of his independent foreign policy.