ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has denied the news spread against Asad Majeed, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a statement that the news spread through the media regarding Asad Majeed was based on lies.
In a statement, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said that spreading fake news is immoral and illegal, it is not in the service of the people.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has also said in its statement that it is everyone’s responsibility to reject irresponsible behavior, reject fake news.
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Earlier, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said that ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was informed about the cable immediately but he stopped the Foreign Office from issuing a demarche to the US envoy, adding that the ministry came under pressure due to the politicisation of the matter by the PTI government.
The minister’s remarks came after a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) once again ruled out a foreign agenda behind the ouster of the PTI-led government in a setback to ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s narrative of a “regime change conspiracy”.
About the contents of the cable, Hina Rabbani said the Pakistani diplomat had given his assessment in which he recommended issuing a demarche to the US ambassador in Islamabad based on the ‘luncheon’ discussion with Donald Lu.
