ISLAMABAD:
The issue of secret diplomatic cable that was at the center of controversyahead of no-confidence vote against former prime minister Imran Khan isonce again at the limelight when a PTI leader claimed that ‘cypher’ wasinitially withheld from Imran and then foreign Minister Shah MehmoodQureshi.
Shahbaz Gill, PTI Chairman’s Chief of Staff, told reporters outside theSupreme Court on Tuesday that he was told by the former foreign ministerthat the diplomatic cable was kept hidden from him and Imran Khan.
He said that the diplomatic cypher was with ‘powerful quarters’ and Qureshion finding out about the cypher had said, “Why it was not shared with me?”
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The foreign office, however, dismissed the claim terming it “entirelybaseless” that the Cypher Communication received from the Embassy inWashington was ‘hidden’ from the Foreign Minister or Prime Minister.
