Pakistan joins with Congress in Pegasus rant, says Modi govt hacked Imran Khan’s telephone

After the employees of India National Congress went shirtless to protest the alleged snooping by the Indian authorities, Pakistan’s Information Minis­ter Fawad Chaudhry has now claimed that their Prime Minister Imran Khan was additionally on the checklist of people who find themselves allegedly being snooped on by the Indian authorities.
Pakistan on Monday claimed that a minimum of one quantity as soon as utilized by their Prime Minister Imran Khan was on India’s checklist as per the report launched. As per a information report, Chaudhary knowledgeable that Pakistan will increase the difficulty of hacking by India with related boards.
It is crucial to notice that similar to the publications that printed the alleged telephone tapping by the BJP offered no proof, no foundation, no factual proof, Pakistan too has no proof to show the identical. 
“We are waiting for details of the hacking,” mentioned Chaudhary in an interview. 
Chaudhary took to Twitter to lift his considerations over the alleged controversy. “Extremely concerned on news reports emerging from @guardiannews that Indian government used Israeli software to spy on journalists, political opponents and politicians. Unethical policies of #ModiGovt have dangerously polarised India and the region… More details are emerging,” he mentioned in a Tweet on Monday.
Extremely involved on information stories rising from @guardiannews that Indian Govt used Israeli software program to spy on Journalists,political opponents and politicians,unethical insurance policies of #ModiGovt have dangerously polarised India and the area… extra particulars are rising— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 19, 2021
The minister additionally retweeted a Tweet made by former Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha on the Pegasus controversy.
Screenshot of Fawad Chaudhary’s TweetThe Post in its report had talked about that tons of of numbers from Pakistan had been being snooped on and one of many numbers occurs to be of Imran Khan. However, the quantity is now not in use by Khan and nor did The Post specify whether or not the surveillance try on Khan’s quantity was profitable.
Fawad Choudhary, nonetheless, maybe failed to understand that the allegation that their PM’s telephone is being snooped on by a overseas nation utilizing a 3rd social gathering software program is reasonably a matter of disgrace for Pakistan and its intelligence companies.
Like Pakistan, Congress alleges snoopgate by Modi authorities
On Sunday night, left-wing portal The Wire reported that the names of 40 Indian journalists are there in an alleged leaked checklist containing individuals who had been underneath surveillance utilizing Israeli spy ware Pegasus.
A day after the report was out, tons of of Congress staff led by ‘youth leader’ Srinivas B V staged a protest on Monday over the alleged telephone tapping challenge. Flouting the Covid-19 norms the male staff went shirtless for causes greatest identified to them.
Like Chaudhary, Congress employee Srinivas BV alleged that Rahul Gandhi additionally was a ‘potential target’ to snooping within the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Not simply him, Rahul Gandhi’s aides had been additionally within the checklist alleged Srinivas.
Government denies claims
The Indian authorities issued an announcement responding to a questionnaire in regards to the alleged leak. The assertion says that “the story being crafted is one that is not only bereft of facts but also founded in pre-conceived conclusions. It seems you are trying to play the role of an investigator, prosecutor as well as jury.”
The assertion mentioned that each in RTI replies and within the Parliament, the govt. has clarified that there was no unauthorised interception by Government companies. “The allegations regarding government surveillance on specific people has no concrete basis or truth associated with it whatsoever,” the assertion mentioned.
It is notable right here that India’s Congress and Pakistan’s authorities parroting one another’s complaints and allegations towards the Modi authorities is nothing new. Imran Khan’s social gathering, ministers, and typically even Khan himself repeat the precise traces and statements made by Congress. And typically Congress does the identical.