Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan \u201cthanked\u201d Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for \u201cdeliberately leaking the Prime Minister House audio\u201d, saying that it \u201cproved that the cipher was a reality\u201d.
\nAddressing a public rally in Muzaffarabad, Azam Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Imran said his government stopped trade with India after New Delhi\u2019s illegal action of August 5, 2019 but the son-in-law of Maryam Nawaz imported machinery from India.
\n\u201cBy leaking the audio from the Prime Minister House, Shehbaz Sharif himself has revealed the truth about the cipher. I thank him for that,\u201d Imran said, referring to the audio leak on Wednesday, purportedly of his conversation with his then principle secretary.
\nThe audio leak has 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.
\n\u201cThe audio leak proves that the cipher was a reality,\u201d Imran told the rally. \u201cIt stated that if the no-confidence motion against me was not successful, there will be consequences,\u201d the PTI chairman added.
\nImran said that turncoats were also present in the AJK assembly and urged the people not to let them come forward \u201cbecause it is an insult to your vote\u201d. He assured the people that as long as he was alive, he would not let the sacrifices of the Kashmiri people go waste.
\nHe recalled that when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the special status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), \u201cMy government ended trade relations with India and we decided that we will not restore the ties until they restore IIOJK\u2019s status.\u201d
\nHowever, the PTI chairman alleged, Maryam Nawaz\u2019s son-in-law imported machinery from India. \u201cMaryam\u2019s son-in-law is building a housing society in which a grid station will be installed with taxpayers\u2019 money,\u201d he added.
\nCriticising the new finance minister, Ishaq Dar, Imran said that \u201ca man came back yesterday. He [Dar] had fled in the prime minister\u2019s plane and had come back after striking a deal. Whenever Dar became the minister, the country went bankrupt.\u201d
\nEarlier, AJK Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan said that Imran Khan had given the agenda of accountability and relief for the common man, which was being implemented. he added that Imran Khan was the leader who challenged the \u201cstatus quo\u201d.
\nThe prime minister appreciated Imran for advocating the Kashmir cause. \u201cIn the United Nations, you spoke on Kashmir for 24 minutes and presented the case of the Kashmiris in a comprehensive manner,\u201d he said.
\nOn the contrary, he said, \u201cthe current prime minister [Shehbaz Sharif] who calls himself a Kashmiri, did not even mention the name of Kashmiris in the United Nations\u201d, adding that \u201cImran Khan has proved himself to be the ambassador of the Kashmiris.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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