Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has criticized the country’s intelligence agencies over recent audio leaks – which include conversations of current and former high-level government officials, including the prime minister – saying their primary responsibility is “political rather than engaging in engineering” is to ensure security.
In an interview to a local TV channel, the PTI chairman said tapping the prime minister’s secure line and the subsequent audio leak was a “very serious security lapse”.
Imran said that the leaked audio clips of the prime minister pose a serious threat to the country’s national security as the conversations may contain material that could be useful to hostile external elements.
“The question must be asked to the security agencies as to who is responsible for this major breach of security at the Prime Minister’s House?”
You are threatening people on social media. This is not your real job… Political engineering is not your job, your job is to secure the country,” he said.
The plethora of audio leaks coming out of the PMO recently is remarkable, and serious in essence. Several tapes circulating on social media and television networks are of PTI chief Imran Khan, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and other current and former top government officials.
Recently, two audio leaks emerged about the cipher, which the former prime minister said in March, just weeks before leaving the government in a no-confidence vote, proving that his government There was a foreign conspiracy against him.
The first audio was released on September 28 while the second was released on September 30. This has reportedly emerged from the leaks in which Prime Minister Imran, his then Principal Secretary Azam Khan and his cabinet members Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Asad Umar were consulting. Use of secret diplomatic cables for political purposes.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif last week confirmed the authenticity of the audio leaks and his conversation with PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz, but termed the leaks as a “serious security lapse” and ordered a high-powered committee to investigate the matter. The establishment was announced.
The Prime Minister termed the leak of audio tapes allegedly recorded at Prime Minister House as a “serious mistake”, a “breach of security” and “a big question mark”, and announced that he was setting up the committee. The matter should be investigated as the honor of the country is at stake.
He said that this is a very important matter and this serious lapse and breach in security is a big question mark…Who would be willing to come to meet the Prime Minister…Anyone should pay 100 before discussing any sensitive issue in the Prime Minister House. The bar will think.
