‘Cipher controversy’ myth debunked: Sherpao

Says Imran 'tarnished the country’s image' internationally by cooking up the regime change conspiracy

PESHAWAR:

Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday said the establishment had exposed the so-called cipher conspiracy of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.

According to a press release, he was speaking at a meeting of party workers and office-bearers from Kangra and Battagram union councils.

The meeting took place at Sherpao village in Charsadda.

“It is heartening that the establishment will not interfere in political affairs,” he said, adding that the former prime minister presented a wrong picture to the nation, particularly the youth after his ouster from power.

He said the PTI allies had stopped supporting Imran Khan, who was removed from power through a constitutional way.

The QWP leader said Imran Khan tarnished the country’s image at the international level by cooking up the regime change conspiracy.

He recalled that Imran Khan had pushed the country to bankruptcy and it would have faced a Sri Lanka-like situation if the incumbent coalition government had not taken steps to revive the economy.

He also demanded investigations into the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif and the cipher conspiracy to determine the facts.

Rejecting Imran Khan’s demand for holding the polls, he said the election would take place on its due time as the federal government would complete the remaining tenure.

He said the PTI chairman was holding the long march to create anarchy in the country and exert pressure on the state institutions to hide his corruption.

Sherpao vowed that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) would foil such nefarious designs of the PTI leadership.

He also called for expediting electoral reforms to ensure the holding of a free and fair elections.