Government formation ‘internal matter’ of Pakistan,US State Department

WASHINGTON – Reacting to a new political situation in country following the announcement of a coalition government by PPP, PMLN and their allies, the United States Tuesday said efforts for the formation of an allied government was an internal matter of Pakistan.

Expressing his thoughts, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the new development in the form an alliance was the internal matter of Pakistan and the US did not want to interfere in these political affairs.

He said, “We want to see a transparent investigation of rigging and fraud according to Pakistani law.”

“Hopefully, the process of forming a government in Pakistan is underway,” he added.

Few days back, Miller expressed readiness to work with the new Pakistani government.

Expressing his thoughts, Miller said: “Millions of Pakistanis had heard their voice by using the power of vote. Pakistani youth and women were registered in large numbers in the elections,” Miller said.

Miller was also asked about the blockade of X, formerly known as Twitter, in Pakistan since Saturday during the press conference.

However, the spokesperson shared that he does not have any updates on the issue but stated that the US “always want to see full internet freedom around the world, and that includes the availability of platforms that people use to communicate with each other”.

“We want internet platforms to be available to people in Pakistan and around the world,” said Miller.

Popular social networking platform X was inaccessible to Pakistanis, with the government still keeping mum about the disruption that began on Saturday last week.

The social media platform was accessible for a few hours on Tuesday, but its access was disrupted once again, with no official announcement.

While boasting of being among the top internet user population globally, Pakistan struggles with internet availability, ranking low compared to its peers.