ISLAMABAD:
The National Security Committee (KNB) concluded that no evidence of “foreign conspiracy” to overthrow Imran Khan government was foundbut supported at the same time decisions taken in its previous meeting.
In his last session chaired by then Prime Minister Imran Khan, an influential forum on March 31 denounced as “unacceptable under any circumstances” what he called “blatant interference”. in domestic affairs unnamed country. He had also decided that Pakistan issue strong demarche to the country in question that has been completed.
meeting on Friday of The National Security Council chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded that, based on on input of security authorities, and former Pakistani ambassador to the US, no evidence of foreign conspiracy was found.
Members of the meeting was attended by federal ministers Khawaja Asif, Rana Sanaulla, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of Hina Rabbani Khar State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of General Staff Committee Nadeem Raza, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Jawed Bajwa, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi, Chief of Air Chief Marshal of the Air Force Headquarters Zahir Ahmad Babar, former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Asad Majid and senior civil and military officers.
The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that the National Security Council discussed the telegram received from the Pakistani embassy. in Washington. former The Pakistani Ambassador to the United States briefed the committee on context and content of his telegram. NSS after verification content of message, confirmed decisions of its previous meeting.
NSC was again informed by the main security services that they found no evidence of any conspiracy. “Therefore, the KNB, after reviewing the content of from the report, the assessments received and the conclusions presented by the security agencies, it is concluded that there is no foreign conspiracy.”
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According to sources, military leadership had already informed the then prime minister on March 31 that there was no evidence of foreign conspiracy. But the military input was not made part of statement – for causes best famous at the time government.
The allegation of foreign conspiracy was first made Imran on March 27 in public rally in Islamabad. He argued that the opposition no-confidence move was part of a US-sponsored conspiracy to overthrow him government because he challenged Washington on his visit to Russia.
Then the NSS was convened. on March 31 to discuss the diplomatic cable. “The Committee expressed serious concern about the report, citing language used by foreign official as undiplomatic,” the statement released after the meeting said. The SNB concluded that this amounted to “flagrant interference in interior affairs of Pakistan by country in question”.
He called the interference “unacceptable under any circumstances”.
“The committee decided that Pakistan would issue strong demarche to the country in question of both in Islamabad and in the capital of the country through the proper channel in line with diplomatic norms,” the statement said.
Friday’s NSC meeting confirmed what DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar said. news briefing on 14th of April. He denied claims of foreign conspiracy, stating that the SNB statement did not mention the word “conspiracy” but referred to “intervention”.
“The demarche was given for undiplomatic language and amounts to interference,” he told reporters.
PTI took DG ISPR statement as justification of his position.
Overthrown prime minister, however, insists that there was an American conspiracy against his government. “This conspiracy against our country… me want listen to you carefully … was it a conspiracy or interference? Raise your hands and tell me if this was interference or a conspiracy,” Imran said to the huge crowd. of supporters in Karachi on 16 April.
“There was a conspiracy against this country on a very vast international scale,” he said.
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to press inquiries regarding the speech of Ambassador Assad Majid Khan at the meeting of the NSC, Spokesperson made clear that Ambassador Khan briefed the NSS on the context and content of encrypted telegram in question and shared his professional assessment. “His briefing and assessment is accurately reflected in statement made at the conclusion of meeting of the National Security Council today (Friday).”
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