Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019, saw the newly elected prime minister Imran Khas, as “threat to peace.”
Newly released tranche of the disgraced financier Epstein’s emails reveal that in a July 31, 2018, email he compared Khan to dictators, apparently calling his elevation as prime minister as “really bad news.”
The emails offer a glimpse into how Epstein and his British socialite partner Ghislaine Maxwell – now in jail as convicted child sex offender -were connected to some of the most influential personalities of the time, and what kind of views they had about them.
Epstein cast Imran Khan in negative light and compared the former prime minister – now incarcerated after a controversial graft trial – to dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Erdogan, and Iranian leader Khomeini.
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As per the emails released by the U.S. House Oversight Committee, Epstein framed Khan in the context of his religious affiliation and Pakistan’s being a nuclear power.
In an email exchange with an undisclosed person, Epstein alleged Imran Khan was “incapable of truth,” and a “devout Islamist,” and a danger because Pakistan has “many nuclear weapons,” according to Dawn newspaper, which first reported the story.
Imran Khan, an Oxford-educated cricketer had a playboy image in the 1980s pictured with female film stars and girls from elite circles of that time in Britain and other countries.
He is considered one of the greatest all-rounders and skippers in the history of cricket, who led Pakistan to their only World Cup victory in 1992.
Khan changed his lifestyle after joining politics and was dislodged from the office of prime minister through a parliamentary vote, believed to have been engineered by the country’s military establishment. Pakistan military denies involvement in politics.
Some social media users also shared picture of Imran with Maxwell.
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The controversy over release of Epstein documents – only partly released so far – has roiled ruling circles in the United States and Britain.
Republican supporters are urging President Donald Trump – who according to the cache of emails was allegedly aware of Epstein’s and Maxwell’s illegal activities – to release all documents and data in possession of the Justice Department. Trump has denied that he knew of their illicit activities.
In Britain, former UK royal Prince Andrew was thrown out of the royal family.
Muhammad Luqman is Associate Editor at Views News Now. He writes on wide-ranging issues including economy, South Asia, the Middle East, agriculture, economy and innovation. Luqman has worked some of the leading news organizations and won acclaim for his original and research-based works.
