Interior minister says ‘will not allow pressure groups to siege Islamabad’

ISLAMABAD   -  Interior Min­ister Rana Sanaullah says Imran Khan is misleading the nation and his narrative of conspiracy has been exposed.

Addressing a news con­ference in Is­lamabad on Friday, he said nation should understand the reali­ty of Imran Khan.

Commenting on recent audio leak of Imran Khan, he said the leaked audio reveals that Imran Khan was involved in horse-trading. He said Imran Khan’s fake narrative of con­spiracy has damaged our foreign relations. The Minister said Imran Khan is trying to get back in power by us­ing any mean.

Rana Sanaullah said government will take all possible mea­sures to maintain law and order in Islamabad. He said a plan has been formulated to counter any march towards the capital city. He said pressure groups will not be al­lowed to siege Islamabad.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan on Friday claimed that no in­ternal or external agency was in­volved in the breach of security at the Prime Minister Office (PMO) fol­

 lowing a set of audio leaks featuring conversations of former and incumbent prime ministers surfaced on social media. The minister made these remarks while speaking at a press con­ference here after chairing the first meeting of a high-powered committee formed to probe the audio leaks and to review cyber security protocols at the PM Office.

“I am categorically saying that no hostile or internal agency is involved in this security breach,” he said.

He also said that an investigation into the security breach at the PMO had reached its conclusion. The probe indicated some “individuals” who could be involved in hacking and leaking of private conversations at the PMO, he added. The minister said that it had yet to be decided whether the report of inquiry would be made public or not. He further said that a comprehensive re­port was being presented to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the recommendations in the report will be implemented after the premier issued any directions.

The minister said it had been decided that cyber security pro­tocols should be defined at a high level and the required equip­ment to ensure security should be bought. He noted that people were often involved in such activities for money as technology had advanced so much that hacking a telephone call was no lon­ger a difficult task. Referring to the latest audio leak featuring PTI chief Imran Khan, Rana Sanaullah said that his narrative of international conspiracy has already been exposed before the nation. Now Khan’s involvement in horse-trading has also come to the limelight, he added. “This ‘fitna’ now stands exposed,” he remarked. The interior minister accused the former prime min­ister of playing games with the nation with a false narrative and misleading the youth of this country only to return to power.