KARACHI: Lieutenant General (retired) Tariq Khan has denied heading the government commission formed to probe into the ‘lettergate’ issue, private TV channels reported on Friday.
The report came soon after the government announced the commission and Law Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that Lieutenant General (retired) Tariq Khan will head the commission.
According to the report, Tarik Khan has apologized to accept the responsibility and he has informed the government about his decision citing personal reasons.
Earlier, Federal Minister for Law Fawad Chaudhry said 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.
