Islamabad: Rebutting claims of pressure on former ambassador to the UnitedStates Asad Majeed, the Foreign Office said Monday that no one pressurisedthe envoy at any time.
Addressing a press confernece, the spokesman Asim Iftikhar ruled out thepossibility of any editing of the communication.
He talked about the issue of cypher and said it was important to recallthat the matter had been discussed in two meetings of the National SecurityCommittee (NSC).
The communiqués of the two meetings complement each other, he added.
“Let me recall that the 22nd April NSC meeting discussed the telegramreceived from Pakistan Embassy in Washington. Pakistan’s former Ambassadorto the US briefed the committee on the context and content of his telegram.The NSC after examining the contents of the communication, reaffirmed thedecisions of the last NSC meeting.”
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“The NSC was again informed by the premier security agencies that they havefound no evidence of any conspiracy. Therefore, the NSC after reviewing thecontents of the Communication, the assessments received, and theconclusions presented by the security agencies, concluded that there hasbeen no foreign conspiracy.”
“That is the most authentic reference to the entire matter, from therelevant and competent governmental forum. I have nothing to add to that.The communiqués of the NSC meetings speak for themselves.”
