Web Desk(LTN News): Former prime minister Imran Khan reiterated his demand for the document to be made public on Wednesday in response to the audio leak in which he and former principal secretary Azam Khan were heard discussing how to “play up” the contentious cipher.
The leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of leaking the audio clip while speaking to reporters at Punjab House in the nation’s capital.
“I have not played on the cipher yet. But now they will expose it so we will play with it,” the former premier said in response to a question.
He asserted that the cipher would reveal to the country the scope of the plot that had led to the overthrow of his government. He demanded a probe into the cipher once more.
Speaking at the same location as a seminar, Mr. Khan called the audio leak a “wonderful thing.” However, he went on to say that because the audio release violated the Official Secrets Act, he was considering taking the matter to court.
The PTI leader expressed surprise that “[intelligence] agencies have started treating” senior journalists and the former ruling party “like enemies.”
Shahbaz Gill, the PTI leader, was stripped naked and subjected to torture, so it is surprising that the agencies have supported the thieves, he continued.
‘Vindicated PTI’s stance’
Separately, PTI leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry told journalists that the audio between Imran Khan and Azam Khan proved the cipher’s existence and served as evidence of a “foreign conspiracy” to overthrow the PTI administration. In order to learn the truth about the incident, he also sought a comprehensive inquiry.
The previous premier’s response was “normal,” according to Mr. Chaudhry because the cipher had threatened that if Imran Khan was not removed from power, relations with Pakistan would deteriorate.
The PTI leader claimed that despite letters the PTI sent to the chief justice and the president, no one looked into the issue. The Supreme Court should look into the cipher once the audio leak became public. The PTI was a political party, not an NGO, and all “political events were part of its narrative,” Mr. Chaudhry continued.
Fawad Chaudhry intimated that Indian hackers may have been involved in the incident and claimed that everything would become known only after the letter’s inquiry.
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