PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that 100 hours-long conversations of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have been put up for sale on the dark web for $3.5 million and criticised security agencies for overlooking the \u201csensitive\u201d matter of audio leaks.
\nExpressing shock over purported leaked audio clips of government officials, Fawad said, \u201cEven the office of the prime minister of the nuclear-armed country is not safe.\u201d
\nCommenting on one of the leaked audio clips featuring a conversation between the premier and a government official, Fawad said the conversation showed that decisions were being made in London.
\n\u201c[In the audio clip] Maryam Nawaz is demanding Shahbaz Sharif to clear the way for her son-in-law’s machinery import from India,\u201d he remarked.
\nSeparately in a tweet, Fawad criticised the country\u2019s security agencies, saying: \u201cThey would have cared about this sensitive matter if they had got time from political matters.\u201d
\nHe also expressed surprise over the silence of the government officials on the matter.
\nAnother PTI leader Mirza Shahzad Akbar said the audio leak scandal was not a hacking but definitely an inside job, aimed at influencing the government\u2019s decision-making ahead of the crucial appointment.
\n\u201cFirst it\u2019s not a hack into the system [and] hacker [and] dark web seems cover story, our systems are based on analogue and not digital, in fact, that\u2019s one way of Pak cyber security,\u201d he said while sharing his sources-based information on the matter.
\nAkbar, who served as PM\u2019s aide on accountability during last PTI\u2019s tenure, added that timing of the leak was important \u201cas it\u2019s just before crucial appointment, target seems clearly to influence the decision, which way though only time will tell!\u201d.
\nLikewise, former human rights minister Shireen Mazari also raised questions about the audio leak.
\n\u201cWho ordered bugging of PMO & PM House which allowed hacking & leaks? Which Intel agency carried out this bugging & who was responsible for abetting leaks?\u201d
\nIn another tweet, Shireen said the purported audio leaks clearly revealed that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam \u2018dictated decisions to the imported government\u2019.
\n\u201cThis is totally illegal. Cabinet violating its official secrets act plus PM\/Min oath of office. Anarchy in govt. SC [Supreme Court suo moto needed,\u201d she added.
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