Imran hints at moving court over audio leaks

PTI chief urges probe to know which agency bugged PM House

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan hinted on Monday his party would approach courts on the audio leaks and seek formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe which “intelligence agency” was involved in the bugging of the Prime Minister House and the Prime Minister Office.

Speaking at a workers' convention of the party, the former prime minister also claimed that the secure line at his residence was also bugged when he was in the office. He termed the audio leaks a serious breach of national security.

"We intend to go to court to establish authenticity of leaks and then form a JIT to investigate which intelligence agency is responsible for the bugging and who is leaking out the audios, many of which are edited and doctored," Imran said.

"Audio leaks are a serious breach of national security as they call into question the entire security of the Prime Minister House and the Prime Minister Office," he said. “It is a critical matter as sensitive security issues were and have been illegally recorded and subsequently hacked".

The AudioLeaks are a serious breach of national security as they call into question the entire security of the PMO, PMH. As PM my secure line at my residence was also bugged. We intend to go to Court to estab authenticity of Leaks & then form JIT to investigate which Intel agency

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) October 10, 2022

Imran warned Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah that “a sea of people” would march on Islamabad, which the government would not be able stop. “They can plan whatever they want, the sea of people will be unstoppable” he told his party’s workers.

The PTI chief said that he was planning and preparing the workers for the historic long march very carefully because they were doing jihad to rid the country of these thieves. “I know the planning of Rana Sanaullah and Shehbaz but they don’t know about my game plan,” he added.

is responsible for the bugging & who is leaking out the audios many of which are edited/doctored. This is critical bec sensitive security issues are & have been illegally recorded & subsequently hacked, implying confidentiality of Pak's national security has been exposed globally

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) October 10, 2022

He went on to say that phones were being tapped everywhere, therefore, he did not disclose his planning to anyone. However, he stressed that the work of agencies was not to tap the phone or to intimidate, as people of social media were being threatened.

Imran fired a broadside against his arch political foes – the leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). These people, he said, “cannot come out in public, they are running away from the elections because they know the mood of the people”.

Imran said that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were complaining of great injustice but they could not give the money trail of their London flats till date. He added that Ishaq Dar escaped the country in the prime minister's plane and returned in the Prime Minister’s plane.

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He said that after Maryam’s acquittal, now Asif Ali Zardari would also be acquitted, because these thieves made person-specific amendments to the accountability laws to save the skin of Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and many others.

“If this system works in this fashion, then your children will have no future in the country. The nations will be destroyed if the big robbers are not caught,” he said. “All these bandits are taking Pakistan towards destruction,” he added.

“Now I will meet you in the long march, I am preparing my nation, this long march will be the biggest march in history, we will protest peacefully while living within the Constitution and law.” At the convention, PTI Senator Shibli Faraz took oath from the workers to participate in the “Freedom March”.