‘Fraudster, largest liar’: Pak PM tears into Imran Khan amid audio leaks controversy

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday launched a blistering assault on his predecessor Imran Khan, calling him a ‘fraudster’ and the ‘biggest liar in the country,’ as he vehemently denied the involvement of his authorities within the embarrassing audio leaks controversy.

A leaked audio tape purportedly of Khan surfaced final month wherein he’s speaking about how you can exploit the controversial cypher to painting his ouster in April as a conspiracy.

The clip making rounds on social media includes a dialog between Khan and his then principal secretary Azam Khan a few cypher despatched by the Pakistan ambassador in Washington about his assembly with a US official.

Another audio of Khan was launched, wherein the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman’s dialog along with his social gathering leaders together with Asad Umer, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Azam Khan might be heard speaking in regards to the cypher obtained from the Pakistani ambassador.

Sharif mentioned he was holding the press convention “to sensitise the nation” towards the “biggest liar in the country”, alleging that Khan may sacrifice the nation for his private profit.

“I’m finally saying this today, that the entire opposition has been vindicated by God. And Imran Khan — who lies day and night — is a fraudster, who has isolated the nation and played with it,” he asserted.

On the audio leaks allegedly that includes Khan and his aides, Sharif mentioned: “He can be heard saying that this was a game [] they can be heard saying that minutes of the meeting should be made according to their wishes. They played with the nation’s trust. The country’s honour was sabotaged in such a manner that no such example is found in history [] this is nothing less than treason,” including that Khan performed a “serious game with the country”.

“I am asking you all, is there any doubt left as to who was behind the conspiracy?” he requested.

The Sharif authorities had constituted a prime to probe the embarrassing audio leaks from the Pakistan Prime Minister’s House.

“The nation’s trust was played with. The country’s honour was sabotaged in such a manner that no such example is found in history [] this is nothing less than treason,” he elaborated.

Sharif additionally spoke in regards to the no-confidence movement on April 3 by then deputy speaker and loyalist of Khan, Qasim Suri.

“Let’s go back to April 3 when voting was to be held on the no-confidence motion and everybody knows the incidents that took place on that day. But I just want to narrate what exactly happened on that day,” he mentioned. The premier mentioned Suri allowed the then info minister [Fawad Chaudhry] of that point to talk earlier than the voting started.

He learn an announcement which talked about {that a} conspiracy had been hatched towards Khan’s authorities and termed it a “foreign conspiracy”. “On this, Suri sahab refused to allow the voting process to take place without even taking the Opposition into confidence,” Sharif defined.

Sharif added that inside no time, Khan appeared on the tv screens and introduced that he was dissolving the National Assembly. “ Surprisingly, the summary was also passed in 20 minutes.”

“I am not repeating the incidents. I just want to share the link to the entire conspiracy,” he clarified.

Taking potshots at President Arif Alvi, Sharif mentioned the president, a member of the PTI, who takes weeks to approve summaries, handed the abstract concerning the dissolution of assemblies inside 20 minutes.

“This was the basis of the conspiracy that Khan has been playing along with for the last five months and wasting the nation’s time,” Sharif added, lamenting that attributable to his wrongdoings, Pakistan’s relations with the US had been compromised.

The premier additionally focused Khan for repeatedly criticising the armed forces for staying away from politics, after the previous premier sarcastically addressed the army institution as “neutrals”.

“He tried to attack the army and create divisions,” he famous.

Khan was ousted from energy in April after shedding a no-confidence vote in his management, which he alleged was a part of a US-led conspiracy focusing on him due to his impartial overseas coverage choices on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

He made repeated allegations that the vote was a “foreign conspiracy” towards him by the US and claimed to have a diplomatic cable to show it. The US has denied any position in his ouster.

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