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Yet another alleged audio of former prime minister Imran Khan was leaked to social media on Friday, the latest in a series of recordings purportedly featuring the PTI chief talking about the cipher with PTI leaders Shireen Mazari and Asad Umar. The audio — slightly longer than a minute — is the second that was released in a day featuring the PTI chairman. In a rally this afternoon, Imran claimed the PML-N was In the latest clip, the trio are discussing the cipher and allegedly strategising on how to “play it up in the public”. At the start of the audio, the voice believed to be of Umar is heard saying: “Another point is in hindsight that whatever we are doing now should have been done at least ten days ago.” “The impact of this letter is far-reaching and it has reached all over the world,” Imran allegedly responds. Another voice, believed to be of Mazari interrupts, saying, “The Chinese even have issued an official statement condemning the US intervention in the internal affairs of Pakistan.” Imran then allegedly details the strategy, saying “the public is with us and we must ensure that the pressure must be at such a height that whoever goes to the assembly for voting must be branded for life and you have to brand them as Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq”. The PTI chief then purportedly presses his party leaders to “spoon-feed people as their minds are currently fertile grounds”. Mazari later said the clip has “cut-pasted bits” because she was midway through her sentence and “a di...

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Islamabad — Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, has condemned the recent audio leaks of conversations from his time in office and those of incumbent Shahbaz Sharif, seeking a judicial probe into what he calls “a serious breach of national security.” Multiple audio clips have hit social media platforms over the past few weeks in which Prime Minister Sharif and his predecessor Khan could be heard discussing official matters with their ministers or close aides. The conversations were purportedly recorded in the prime minister’s office and official residence. “We intend to go to Court to establish authenticity of Leaks & then form JIT (Joint Investigation Team) to investigate which Intel agency is responsible for the bugging & who is leaking out the audios many of which are edited/doctored,” Khan tweeted Monday. “This is critical because sensitive security issues are & have been illegally recorded & subsequently hacked, implying confidentiality of Pakistan's national security has been exposed globally,” lamented the former prime minister. Sharif himself has called the leaks a “very serious (security) lapse” and formed a high-level committee about two weeks ago, led by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, to investigate the incident. Officials have not shared any information about the status of the probe or its outcomes. However, Khan and his opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have rejected the government-led investigation, calling into question its impartiality a...

ISLAMABAD — The former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tells NPR that he believes his opponents will try to have him killed or jailed, and predicts they will try to delay federal elections slated for this fall — elections that he believes his party would "sweep." The government denies those claims and says they're made to whip up Khan's supporters. Khan's statements spotlight the deep polarization in Pakistan, a country that appears to lurch from crisis to crisis. Yet analysts say this country, the world's fifth-most populous nation and one that is nuclear-armed, faces a particularly dire moment. Soaring inflation has forced families to cut back on food, millions are near starvation and the country is on the brink of economic default as the International Monetary Fund stalls on releasing a tranche of its current bailout to the country. Policemen fire tear gas to disperse supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, outside a court in Islamabad on March 18. Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images The situation is exacerbated by a political crisis, as Khan demands elections that would almost certainly topple the unpopular ruling coalition. Khan's supporters have also clashed with Pakistani security forces in scenes analysts say are unprecedented in Pakistan's tumultuous history. "What is happening is that the government is petrified of elections," said Khan. "They're scared that we're going to win the elections. Therefore, they're trying everything to get me out ...

ISLAMABAD: In a continuing sequence of controversial audio leaks involving high-profile names in "Let's play with this. We won't have to take any country’s name; just play with this," a voice believed to be that of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief is heard in the leaked clip. The bureaucrat then tells Imran how to use the conspiracy card to forward the party's political agenda, suggesting that he rope in foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood so that the issue could be highlighted at a "bureaucratic level". "Let's hold a meeting with Shah Mahmood Qureshi (then foreign minister in Imran’s government) and the foreign secretary. Qureshi will read out that letter, and whatever he reads out will be converted into a copy. I will then make minutes out of it and say the foreign secretary has prepared this," a man said to be Azam Khan advises the ex-PM. Imran purportedly replies, "The analysis will have to be conducted and converted into minutes just as we want so that it becomes part of the official record...Let's do this tomorrow only." As the latest audio leak went viral, Imran accused PM Shehbaz and his acolytes of being behind it. "Well done on leaking it. I would say the cypher should get leaked too… and so everyone knows what a big foreign conspiracy was made," he said.

ISLAMABAD — The former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tells NPR that he believes his opponents will try to have him killed or jailed, and predicts they will try to delay federal elections slated for this fall — elections that he believes his party would "sweep." The government denies those claims and says they're made to whip up Khan's supporters. Khan's statements spotlight the deep polarization in Pakistan, a country that appears to lurch from crisis to crisis. Yet analysts say this country, the world's fifth-most populous nation and one that is nuclear-armed, faces a particularly dire moment. Soaring inflation has forced families to cut back on food, millions are near starvation and the country is on the brink of economic default as the International Monetary Fund stalls on releasing a tranche of its current bailout to the country. Policemen fire tear gas to disperse supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, outside a court in Islamabad on March 18. Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images The situation is exacerbated by a political crisis, as Khan demands elections that would almost certainly topple the unpopular ruling coalition. Khan's supporters have also clashed with Pakistani security forces in scenes analysts say are unprecedented in Pakistan's tumultuous history. "What is happening is that the government is petrified of elections," said Khan. "They're scared that we're going to win the elections. Therefore, they're trying everything to get me out ...

ISLAMABAD: In a continuing sequence of controversial audio leaks involving high-profile names in "Let's play with this. We won't have to take any country’s name; just play with this," a voice believed to be that of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief is heard in the leaked clip. The bureaucrat then tells Imran how to use the conspiracy card to forward the party's political agenda, suggesting that he rope in foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood so that the issue could be highlighted at a "bureaucratic level". "Let's hold a meeting with Shah Mahmood Qureshi (then foreign minister in Imran’s government) and the foreign secretary. Qureshi will read out that letter, and whatever he reads out will be converted into a copy. I will then make minutes out of it and say the foreign secretary has prepared this," a man said to be Azam Khan advises the ex-PM. Imran purportedly replies, "The analysis will have to be conducted and converted into minutes just as we want so that it becomes part of the official record...Let's do this tomorrow only." As the latest audio leak went viral, Imran accused PM Shehbaz and his acolytes of being behind it. "Well done on leaking it. I would say the cypher should get leaked too… and so everyone knows what a big foreign conspiracy was made," he said.

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Islamabad — Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, has condemned the recent audio leaks of conversations from his time in office and those of incumbent Shahbaz Sharif, seeking a judicial probe into what he calls “a serious breach of national security.” Multiple audio clips have hit social media platforms over the past few weeks in which Prime Minister Sharif and his predecessor Khan could be heard discussing official matters with their ministers or close aides. The conversations were purportedly recorded in the prime minister’s office and official residence. “We intend to go to Court to establish authenticity of Leaks & then form JIT (Joint Investigation Team) to investigate which Intel agency is responsible for the bugging & who is leaking out the audios many of which are edited/doctored,” Khan tweeted Monday. “This is critical because sensitive security issues are & have been illegally recorded & subsequently hacked, implying confidentiality of Pakistan's national security has been exposed globally,” lamented the former prime minister. Sharif himself has called the leaks a “very serious (security) lapse” and formed a high-level committee about two weeks ago, led by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, to investigate the incident. Officials have not shared any information about the status of the probe or its outcomes. However, Khan and his opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have rejected the government-led investigation, calling into question its impartiality a...

Yet another alleged audio of former prime minister Imran Khan was leaked to social media on Friday, the latest in a series of recordings purportedly featuring the PTI chief talking about the cipher with PTI leaders Shireen Mazari and Asad Umar. The audio — slightly longer than a minute — is the second that was released in a day featuring the PTI chairman. In a rally this afternoon, Imran claimed the PML-N was In the latest clip, the trio are discussing the cipher and allegedly strategising on how to “play it up in the public”. At the start of the audio, the voice believed to be of Umar is heard saying: “Another point is in hindsight that whatever we are doing now should have been done at least ten days ago.” “The impact of this letter is far-reaching and it has reached all over the world,” Imran allegedly responds. Another voice, believed to be of Mazari interrupts, saying, “The Chinese even have issued an official statement condemning the US intervention in the internal affairs of Pakistan.” Imran then allegedly details the strategy, saying “the public is with us and we must ensure that the pressure must be at such a height that whoever goes to the assembly for voting must be branded for life and you have to brand them as Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq”. The PTI chief then purportedly presses his party leaders to “spoon-feed people as their minds are currently fertile grounds”. Mazari later said the clip has “cut-pasted bits” because she was midway through her sentence and “a di...