Another purported audio Leak of former prime minister Imran Khan was released on Friday, the latest in a series of leaks from the prime minister’s office, purportedly showing the PTI chief talking about horse-trading in Parliament.
A voice believed to be Imran’s in the audio recording says: “You misunderstand that the numbers game is over now, don’t think it’s over.”
“You see, 48 hours is a long time. Big things are happening. I am making my own moves which we cannot make public,” Imran reportedly says.
The PTI chief reportedly said he was buying “five” legislators.
“I have given the message that those five are very important. And tell them that if they secure those five and if they get 10, the game will be in our hands. The nation is worried right now. The whole Across the board, people want us to win somehow.
“So, don’t worry about whether it’s right or wrong […] even if they break one, it will make a huge difference,” the voice, which belongs to Imran, adds. .
The audio clip released on Friday is the third in which the PTI chairman has been shown. Last week, an audio clip purportedly revealed a conversation between Imran and then Principal Secretary Azam Khan about the cipher – shared by then ambassador to the US Asad Majeed – which Imran used in his used to advance the narrative of a foreign conspiracy.
In the clip, the former prime minister allegedly tells Azam to “play up” the cipher and turn it into a foreign plot to topple his government, but adds that naming a country not required.
A day later, another clip surfaced – purportedly a continuation of the conversation in the previous recording – purportedly showing PTI leaders Asad Umar and Shah Mehmood Qureshi with the former prime minister and former principal secretary. Appearing to discuss “foreign conspiracy”.
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Friday did not deny the contents of the latest audio clip but said “everyone knows where and how the audios are being made”.
In a tweet, the former minister asked: “By adding voices like this will you justify NRO 2?”
کیا اس طرح آوازیں جوڑ کر آپ #NRO22 کو جائز ثابت کر لیں گے؟ یہ نہیں ہونا یہ آڈیوز جہاں بن رہی ہیں ان کا بھی لوگوں کو پتہ ہے اور کیسے بن رہی ہیں ان کا بھی، اب فیصلہ #حقیقی_آزادی_مارچ کرے گا
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 7, 2022
Leaks reveal a massive breach in security at the PM’s office.
What started as an alleged and potentially embarrassing audio leak seems to have turned into a full-blown national security incident as key government figures including Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and There are audio recordings of conversations between some members. of the Federal Cabinet – were released last month.
The content of the recording appears to be an informal conversation in the PM’s office – as opposed to a recorded phone conversation.
First, a recording surfaced of Prime Minister Shehbaz talking to an unidentified official about the possibility of facilitating the import of Indian machinery for a power project, a concern of Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law Raheel. was the cause of
A day later, more recordings surfaced, shared by several PTI leaders on social media, of the resignations of former finance minister Miftah Ismail and PTI lawmakers from the National Assembly.
A clip purportedly shows a conversation between PML-N vice-president Maryam and the prime minister about Miftah, with a voice that belongs to the former saying “he “Don’t know what they are doing” and they long for the return of the PML-N leader. Ishaq Dar.
Another clip allegedly relates to a conversation between the Prime Minister, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Law Minister Nazir Tarar, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Ayaz Sadiq about the resignations of PTI members of the National Assembly.
The third clip shows the conversation between Maryam Nawaz and Prime Minister Shehbaz regarding the alleged return of former Army Chief Retired General Pervez Musharraf.
Prime Minister Shehbaz termed the release of the audio leaks as a ‘very serious mistake’ and announced that a high-level committee would be constituted to investigate the matter.
Also, the prime minister has said that Imran’s audio leaks were “an irrefutable confirmation” that the PTI chief was the “biggest liar on earth”.
