ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s cabinet on Sunday formally decided to initiate legal action against the former prime minister. Imran Khan According to a media report, on his audio leak, in which he can purportedly be heard discussing the controversial US cybercrime and how it could be exploited to paint his expulsion in April as a conspiracy.
Taking cognizance of the leak, the cabinet on 30 September constituted a committee on audio on 30 September.
The committee on Saturday recommended legal action over audio leaks allegedly featuring Khan and others.
“It is a matter of national security which has serious implications for national interests and a legal action in this regard is important,” the cabinet committee recommended.
Geo News reported that the cabinet approved the summary through circulation on Sunday.
The Federal Investigation Agency will be tasked with investigating US cyber and audio.
Khan, former minister Asad Umar and then principled secretary in two audio leaks Aajam Khan The US can reportedly be heard discussing cyber in a meeting and how it can be used in its own interest.
In the first audio leaked on Wednesday, Khan was purportedly speaking to Azam and directing him to play with the cipher.
In the second audio clip, three leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, including Umar, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Azam, can be heard talking about US cyber with party president Khan.
US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia Donald Lu is central to Khan’s claims about a US-backed regime-change plot.
Khan accused Lu of threatening Asad Majeed, former Pakistan ambassador to the US, that failure to remove Khan through a no-confidence vote would usher in “consequences” for Pakistan and vice versa.
Khan was ousted in April after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership, which he alleged was a US-led conspiracy to target Russia, China and Afghanistan because of his independent foreign policy decisions. was part of.
Khan used cyber to portray his fall in April as a conspiracy by the US and used the narrative extensively at public rallies. He also calls the current government “imported”.
The 69-year-old cricketer-turned-politician is the only Pakistani prime minister to be removed by a no-confidence motion in Parliament.
The US has denied any role in his expulsion.
Meanwhile, leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Saturday expressed his dissatisfaction with the government led by the Prime Minister. Shahbaz Sharif On his failure to arrest Khan despite a “trial of charges” which “deserved his detention”.
He asked the government to conduct raids at Khan’s Bani Gala residence so that the ‘stolen copy of the cipher’ could be recovered.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said Khan was “hungry for power” and wanted to rule the country “at any cost”.
He said, ‘The decision is that the matter will be taken forward under the Official Secrets Act.
Taking cognizance of the leak, the cabinet on 30 September constituted a committee on audio on 30 September.
The committee on Saturday recommended legal action over audio leaks allegedly featuring Khan and others.
“It is a matter of national security which has serious implications for national interests and a legal action in this regard is important,” the cabinet committee recommended.
Geo News reported that the cabinet approved the summary through circulation on Sunday.
The Federal Investigation Agency will be tasked with investigating US cyber and audio.
Khan, former minister Asad Umar and then principled secretary in two audio leaks Aajam Khan The US can reportedly be heard discussing cyber in a meeting and how it can be used in its own interest.
In the first audio leaked on Wednesday, Khan was purportedly speaking to Azam and directing him to play with the cipher.
In the second audio clip, three leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, including Umar, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Azam, can be heard talking about US cyber with party president Khan.
US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia Donald Lu is central to Khan’s claims about a US-backed regime-change plot.
Khan accused Lu of threatening Asad Majeed, former Pakistan ambassador to the US, that failure to remove Khan through a no-confidence vote would usher in “consequences” for Pakistan and vice versa.
Khan was ousted in April after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership, which he alleged was a US-led conspiracy to target Russia, China and Afghanistan because of his independent foreign policy decisions. was part of.
Khan used cyber to portray his fall in April as a conspiracy by the US and used the narrative extensively at public rallies. He also calls the current government “imported”.
The 69-year-old cricketer-turned-politician is the only Pakistani prime minister to be removed by a no-confidence motion in Parliament.
The US has denied any role in his expulsion.
Meanwhile, leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Saturday expressed his dissatisfaction with the government led by the Prime Minister. Shahbaz Sharif On his failure to arrest Khan despite a “trial of charges” which “deserved his detention”.
He asked the government to conduct raids at Khan’s Bani Gala residence so that the ‘stolen copy of the cipher’ could be recovered.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said Khan was “hungry for power” and wanted to rule the country “at any cost”.
He said, ‘The decision is that the matter will be taken forward under the Official Secrets Act.