Pakistan is facing political turmoil after Prime Minister Imran Khan canceled a no-confidence vote in the country’s parliament that he was expected to lose, and dissolved the legislature on April 2 to enable new elections to be held. Meanwhile, during this maelstrom, he also accused the United States of conspiring to oust him. However, to Khan’s disappointment, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared the dissolution of the parliament unconstitutional on April 7 and ordered a no-confidence vote against the prime minister to be held on April 9. Even before the court’s ruling, things had already become complicated geopolitically as after Khan’s accusations against Washington, various U.S. adversaries had started supporting Khan’s claims openly or discreetly. While the Russians and Iranians officially and blatantly supported Khan and accused the United States of “shameless interference,” Beijing was officially silent but Chinese-state media has floated theories that Washington, wary of the Chinese regime’s close ties …