The departure of Imran Khan as prime minister of Pakistan has been accompanied by sounds of conspiracy, treason and collusion. Imran Khan was elected promising to change Pakistan and to confront corruption. He has been deposed, his admirers say, in part because he is not corruptible, while others, including Imran Khan himself, say that he was driven from office by a US plot. In the end, Imran Khan lost a vote of no confidence in parliament, having attempted to prevent the vote and call a snap election before the country’s Supreme Court ruled that move unconstitutional, a decision that some…