I believe he was looking for cheap oil to kick-start the economy. But Pakistan doesn't have the special refineries that India has to process Russian oil anyways

I believe he was looking for cheap oil to kick-start the economy. But Pakistan doesn't have the special refineries that India has to process Russian oil anyways, so he would have been better served to stay silent and do stuff quietly in the background. Unfortunately, he made a fuss and the US subtly engineered his departure. He is now effectively a non-entity.