ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Friday asserted that the country’s security agencies have reported a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, the federal minister revealed that following these reports, the government has decided to “beef up” the premier’s security.
سیکیورٹی ایجنسیوں نے رپورٹ کیا ہے کہ وزیر اعظم عمران خان پر قاتلانہ حملےکا منصوبہ سامنے آیا ہے، ان رپورٹس کے بعد حکومتی فیصلے کے مطابق وزیر اعظم کی سیکیورٹی میں اضافہ کر دیا گیا ہے۔
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 1, 2022
The information minister’s remarks come days after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda claimed that a conspiracy was being hatched to assassinate the prime minister over his refusal to “sell the country”.
According to minister Vawda, the prime minister had shrugged off the party’s concerns and said that “he will die when it is his time to die”.
Commenting on the remarks, Vawda said, “PM Imran is a brave and courageous man; he won’t compromise on Pakistan, neither will he allow the bowing of nation before anyone.”
The news also comes a day after the premier, during an address to the nation, vowed to foil “an international conspiracy” hatched against his government by opposition leaders and their alleged handlers ahead of the no-confidence motion.
In an apparent slip of the tongue, the prime minister had revealed the name of the United States as the country behind the “threat letter”. However, reacting to the prime minister’s address, opposition parties had declared him to be a “security threat”.
On Wednesday, the premier had shared the letter with his cabinet members in a hurriedly called meeting, which was not attended by PTI’s two major allies — Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) — despite being invited.
This rush to share the document with the cabinet and some journalists came after it became clear that the prime minister had lost his majority in the National Assembly following the MQM-P’s decision to support the joint opposition in the no-trust resolution.
