The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday summoned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief on July 25 (Tuesday) in a “cypher conspiracy” case.
The FIA had summoned the deposed premier to the FIA headquarters with all relevant documents.
“If the PTI chief does not appear before the agency, action will be taken against him,” said the FIA notice.
The development came after the then-principal secretary of the former prime minister, Azam Khan, recorded a statement in which he called the ex-premier’s use of the US cypher a “conspiracy” to “manipulate for creating a narrative against the state institutions.”
In his confession, the former bureaucrat said when he provided the ex-premier with the cypher, he was “happy” and termed the language a “US blunder”. The former prime minister then said, according to Azam, that the cable could be used for “creating a narrative against the state institutions.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah accused former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi of involvement in the cypher conspiracy.
Taking to Twitter, Sanaullah criticized the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, alleging that the latter had compromised the country’s interests. He asserted: “The PTI leadership was acting against the country’s interests”.
