According to The News, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry confirmed that he held a meeting with US Ambassador Donald Blome and other senior officials to discuss the worsening human rights situation in Pakistan. Chaudhry informed the US officials of the party’s concerns regarding the “misuse of anti-terrorism and blasphemy laws by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)-led government against the political opponents”. During the meeting, the political situation and PTI’s position on various issues were also discussed. The meeting took place after PTI Chairman Imran Khan took a step backward on his long-standing position of blaming the US for regime change conspiracy and the ouster of his government in April last year.