ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has once again demanded a judicial commission to probe the foreign conspiracy allegedly behind the ouster of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Addressing a press conference, PTI leaders Shireen Mazari and Asad Umar also slammed remarks by Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Babar that there was no foreign conspiracy against previous government.
“DG ISPR has himself said army has nothing to do with politics,” said Asaid Umar, adding the military’s spokesperson should not comment on political matters. “It is better to let politicians interpret political matters.”
He said that the Supreme Court should form a judicial commission over the matter and hold an open hearing on the matter. He said President Alvi has written a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) which is not in his personal capacity but as head of the state.
He said the letter written by the president mentioned the threatening cipher by US diplomat against the PTI regime. He said Imran Khan, in his capacity as PTI chairman, will again write a letter to the CJP over the matter.
The PTI leader said that the facts written in the “threatening cable” suggested an open threat was being given to Pakistan that it will be isolated if Imran Khan is not removed from power.
He claimed that “foreign interference” has been clearly stated in the press releases of the NSC meetings. He said the army alone is not responsible for defending national security but the elected government as well.
“DG ISPR is right in saying that some military leadership representatives actually said that they cannot see any evidence of a conspiracy. Most of the civilian leadership said there was a conspiracy,” Umar said.
Shireen Mazari asked why MNA Noor Alam met with US embassy officials before the no-confidence vote. She also questioned why the cipher was not shown to the foreign minister.
“A cipher is a communication between two governments,” she added. “After since Imran said absolutely not, there has been a conspiracy against him. It all began if he refused to provide airbases to them.”
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar had said the National Security Committee it’s meeting made it clear that no evidence of conspiracy was found for alleged regime change in the country.
Speaking about the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting, the DG ISPR said that the military leadership was present in the meeting and the participants were clearly briefed.
“[They were] briefed that there was no conspiracy or evidence of any kind, nothing like that happened. The participants were informed by agencies that there was no evidence of any conspiracy,” said the DG ISPR.
