PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has demanded formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) similar to the Panamagate commission to hold an inquiry into a leaked audio clip in which then prime minister Imran Khan is purportedly talking about using the controversial cypher for political purposes.
\nIn a brief interaction with the media outside the Islamabad High Court following her acquittal in the Avenfield reference, Maryam mocked the political arch-rival of the Sharif family accusing him of conspiring against his opponents in the Prime Minister House.
\n\u201cI know where the audios are leaked from,\u201d said Maryam, daughter of former three times prime minister Nawaz Sharif. \u201cImran Khan and his handlers are involved in leaking a purported audio involving me.\u201d
\nShe was referring to audio clips leaked on social media this week, which brought Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, his key ministers as well as the Sharif family, including Maryam Nawaz and her son-in-law at the centre of attention.
\nImran Khan took aim at the Sharif family in the wake of the leaked audios, which were authenticated by the government as the prime minister formed a high-level committee for investigating this \u201csecurity lapse\u201d.
\nHowever, another audio leak on Wednesday, brought Imran\u2019s narrative of foreign conspiracy into renewed focus, particularly the diplomatic cable \u2013 cipher \u2013 he has touted at a public rally in March as a proof of a US-backed conspiracy to topple his government.
\nMaryam demanded formation of JIT on the cipher-related audio similar to the JIT constituted more than five years ago to investigate Nawaz Sharif after the infamous Panama leaks. The investigation led to the conviction of Nawaz and Maryam.
\n\u201cThe JIT should be made to investigate what Imran Khan has been doing,\u201d Maryam said, in response to a question. \u201c[Imran was] hatching conspiracies in the Prime Minister House, and all were watching like spectators,\u201d she added.
\nMaryam and her husband, Capt (retd) Safdar, were convicted and sent to jail in July 2018 in the Avenfield reference, which had been filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). However, both were released on bail in September 2018.
\nAsked about the possibility of more audios\/videos leak, Maryam claimed that a video of her was filmed while she was in NAB custody, but she would not play the woman or victim card on this issue.
\n\u201cShame on them if they release this video! I don’t use the woman or victim card. Let them release the video, so that the nation could see what they did with Maryam Nawaz in jail,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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