PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry on Monday accused Defense Minister Khawaja Asif of the party contacting US official Donald Lu, who was approached by former Prime Minister Imran Khan. charged up To play a part in their expulsion – to pardon.
in an appearance on geo news Program Naya Pakistan a day ago asif Claimed The government had found evidence that PTI tried to apologize to Lu, who is the US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia.
He reiterated that claim in a tweet, saying the former ruling party was urging the US to “forgive and forget and let go of what had happened”.
“If their arguments are accepted, they will chant ‘America’s Long Life’. If they don’t, they will start abusing them,” the defense minister said. formula for [dealing with] Institutions inside and outside the country are the same.”
Responding to Asif’s claim at a press conference in Islamabad, Chowdhury asked Asif if he had gone deaf when Imran was giving “his policy statement in front of a gathering of thousands of people”, referring to PTI. rally Saturday at the Parade Ground.
“Did you have cotton in your ears that you didn’t understand what Imran was saying?”
He said PTI wants good relations with all countries but will not allow any country to decide “who will rule Pakistan”. “We cannot allow this,” he said. We maintain relations on the basis of equality.
In March, the former prime minister, while he was still in office, claimed that the opposition’s no-confidence motion against him was the result of a “foreign conspiracy” because of his outsider policy, and that funds from abroad to oust him. was used. ,
Later, PTI leaders told reporters that they based their claim on a cable that was sent to Islamabad by the former Pakistani ambassador to Washington on March 7, detailing the conspiracy. The cable included details of Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan’s meeting with Lu at the Pakistan Embassy.
dawn Diplomatic sources learned that the talks mentioned in Cable took place at the farewell dinner by the outgoing ambassador and Cable did not say anything about any conspiracy. Lu, however, conveyed the Biden administration’s ‘unhappiness’ over the former PM’s visit to Moscow on the day Russia invaded Ukraine.
Lu also said that this “sadness” will continue as long as Imran is in power. During the long conversation, Lu also asked questions about the no-confidence movement against the PTI government as it was covered in the media.
Mazari says top court should take notice of ‘phone tapping’
Former Human Rights Minister and PTI leader Shireen Mazari talked about this at the beginning of the press conference today. leak An audio clip in which Imran’s wife Bushra Bibi purportedly instructed the party’s social media chief to run a tirade against her political opponents.
Mazari said only a forensic analysis could prove the authenticity of the purported clip, but added that the real issue was phone tapping of party leaders. He said the Supreme Court had earlier ruled that phone tapping during official and private conversations was “unacceptable”.
He claimed that the country’s premier spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), had admitted that 60,000 mobile phones were tapped every month, according to a newspaper report in June.
“Phone tapping is illegal and can only be done by intelligence agencies because they have the means and the technical capability. Secondly, there are Supreme Court decisions – not once, but repeatedly. These decisions are valid because someone tried them. not challenged.”
She also alleged that Imran’s house phone was also tapped, adding that the top court should take cognizance of the matter.
The PTI leader claimed that such leaks were being done by “neutrals to hide the conspiracy”, which led to the ouster of the Imran-led government.
“Watch the time – they are afraid of our rallies so they are changing” [the attention of the] Nation because… [of] power cut. Also, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has conditioned them to rework their laws on accountability. So they have no place to run.”
He claimed that “neutral people” believed that they could target the families of PTI leaders as they found nothing against Imran.
He also warned the Sharif family to refrain from using their “deep contacts in India” to create trouble at the border in an attempt to make the country forget about the conspiracy.