ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) on Wednesday approved theconstitution of a committee headed by the interior minister to investigateaudio leaks from the Prime Minister’s Office that have engulfed keypoliticians, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and ex-premier ImranKhan, in a fresh round of controversy.
The leaks, which were released last weekend, initially involve discussionsbetween PM Sharif and members of his cabinet, including conversations withruling party leader Maryam Nawaz over the performance of outgoing financeminister Miftah Ismail, and with an official about the possibility offacilitating the import of Indian machinery for a power project for Nawaz’sson-in-law.
But the controversy reached its crescendo on Wednesday with a leakfeaturing a conversation between Khan when he was PM and his then principalsecretary Azam Khan, once again bringing into the spotlight a diplomaticcipher that is at the center of Khan’s allegations that his ouster n Aprilthis year was part of a regime change conspiracy hatched abroad.
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Wednesday’s meeting of the NSC was chaired by PM Sharif and attended bycabinet members as well as military service chiefs, and other senior civiland military officials.
