ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law Fawad Chaudhry said on Friday that the government had formed a commission to probe into the ‘lettergate’ issue.
Talking to the media in Islamabad after a federal cabinet meeting on Friday, he said that the commission will be headed by Lieutenant General (retired) Tariq Khan.
He said that the commission will investigate where the conspiracy was hatched and who were the local handlers of the conspiracy to topple Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.
“We have evidence of eight dissident MPAs being in contact with foreign dignitaries,” Fawad said, adding: “The commission will look at a connection between local handlers and regime change.”
He further said that evidence of no-confidence will be laid before the members of the assembly and if the people do not protect their freedom then Pakistan will go back to slavery.
He said an imported, selected government will be imposed on us and we will be subjugated, adding that this no-trust motion is brought under international conspiracy, whether there is a threat of regime change or not, will be investigated.
The information and law minister said the parliament’s supremacy had been transferred to the Supreme Court as he urged the apex court to review its decision.
Fawad said the top court and the parliament have their separate functions and announced that the government was mulling filing a review petition against the SC’s decision.
The federal minister said the cabinet members reassured the prime minister of their trust in his leadership and vowed to stand with him till the very end.
The commission was formed after the Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to dissolve parliament was unconstitutional and ordered lawmakers to return.
