Acting Speaker Qasim Khan Suri sends confidential diplomatic cable to CJP
The acting speaker of the National Assembly, Qasim Khan Suri has sent the threatening diplomatic cable of MOFA to CJP Umar Ata Bandial.
ISLAMABAD: The acting speaker of the National Assembly, Qasim Khan Suri has sent the threatening diplomatic cable of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has demanded the constitution of a judicial commission by the CJP Justice Umar Ata Bandial to probe into the content of the threatening diplomatic cable mentioning the foreign plot to topple the Imran Khan-led government.
The PTI’s call for a judicial commission on the sensitive national issue reminds the memogate styled investigation.
The acting speaker sent the original confidential ‘threat letter’ to the chief justice. It read, “As directed by the Acting Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan, a confidential letter (in original) received from the Cabinet Secretary which was submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of Pakistan (Cypher Bureau) to the Hon. Speaker, is onward submitted for kind perusal of the Hon. Chief Justice of Pakistan.”
Fawad Chaudhry confirmed in a Twitter message that the speaker forwarded the original letter to the chief justice. He added that it is the duty of the Supreme Court (SC) to launch an investigation into the diplomatic cable and summoned the concerned envoy and people for recording their testimonies.
اسپیکر نے چیف جسٹس پاکستان کو اوریجنل مراسلہ بھیج دیا ہے، اب سپریم کورٹ کی ذمہ داری ہے کہ اس مراسلے پر تحقیقات کا آغاز کرے اور سفیر سمیت تمام متعلقہ لوگوں کو گواہی کیلئے طلب کیا جائے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 12, 2022
In an interview to ARY News, Qasim Khan Suri said that he has personally read the content of the diplomatic cable in which threatening remarks were given to the Pakistani envoy in case of the failure of the no-trust motion against Imran Khan.
He said that it was important to note that just a day after the submission of the diplomatic cable on March 8, the opposition lawmakers had submitted no-trust motion against former prime minister Imran Khan.
Qasim Khan Suri (@QasimKhanSuri ) talking about the foreign conspiracy that took place. #امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/XMbXMBa8xb
— PTI (@PTIofficial) April 12, 2022
“No one has the right to decide which country we should visit and which not”- @QasimKhanSuri #امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/jI08pRgycQ
— PTI (@PTIofficial) April 12, 2022
بیرون ملک پھر سے جائیدادیں بنانے کے لیے 22کروڑ چند لٹیروں کو نکال کر غلامی کیطرف کیسے دھکیلا جا سکتا ہے یہ اختیار کس نے کس کو دیا#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/tGHCgsK77Q
— Qasim Mehmood (@uppalqasim) April 12, 2022
Earlier, Fawad Chaudhry had announced that the PTI rejected newly-elected PM Shehbaz Sharif’s proposal to probe into the lettergate scandal through a parliamentary commission. He termed the announcement as a tactic of the PML-N government to get an NRO.
He had demanded the SC to form an independent commission that should be led by person accepted for all.
شہباز شریف کی لیٹر گیٹ اسکینڈل کی تحقیقات کرانے کی پیشکش کو مسترد کرتے ہیں، یہ خود کو NRO دینے کی بھونڈی کوشش ہے، لیٹر گیٹ کی تحقیقات کیلئے سپریم کورٹ کو آزاد کمیشن بنانا چاہئے جس کی سربراہی ایسے شخص کے پاس ہو جس پر کوئ انگلی نہ اٹھا سکے۔۔
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 11, 2022
Lettergate scandal probe
PM Sharif had announced a parliamentary probe into the lettergate scandal in his first speech and claimed that he will resign and go home if they are found involved in any conspiracy.
He announced that the threat letter will be placed before the Parliamentary Committee on National Security in an in-camera briefing and the allegations of a foreign plot to oust Imran Khan will be probed.
