An alleged voice note of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has been leaked. In the voice note sent to PTI ministers in KP, Mahmood Khan can be heard inciting violence, saying that they should call the MNAs who have left PTI ‘traitors’. The audio is in Pashto.
“PM Imran Khan has ordered that all ministers take out rallies today in their constituencies with pictures of defecting MNAs, chant murdabad, call them traitors, and celebrate success in local elections.,” digital rights activist Usama Khilji translated the audio.
“PM @ImranKhanPTI has ordered that all ministers take out rallies today in their constituencies with pictures of defecting MNAs & chant murdabad & call them traitors, & celebrate success in local elections” CM KP @immahmoodkhan voice note to PTI ministers in KP. https://t.co/Qg1ORDDdyK
— Usama Khilji (@UsamaKhilji) April 1, 2022
In the audio message, he can be also heard saying that videos of the rallies should be recorded so that they can be published on social media. He said that PM Khan called him.
As per Geo News, CM KP has admitted that the audio leak saying “Everything is fair in Jihad.”
منحرف ارکان کے خلاف ریلیاں نکالیں، وزیراعلیٰ کے پی کا متنازع آڈیو میسج منظر عام پر آگیا#GeoNews pic.twitter.com/awaJfNiRrc
— Geo News Urdu (@geonews_urdu) April 1, 2022
Twitter users are criticising CM KP for inciting the violence.
This is serious. The sitting Chief Minister of KP inciting violence against the dissident MNAs, declaring them traitor and claiming that all this is being done on the orders of soon to be dismissed PM Imran Khan. https://t.co/VpCoeS3adh
— Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) April 1, 2022
So Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister is directing his ministers and supporters to hold rallies against the US and the defected members of National Assembly. Nothing can save you guys anymore! US has strongly rejected Khan's allegations! #NoConfidenceMotion #ImranNiazi_Disaster https://t.co/tgX01AwZg6
— Qasim Yousafzai (@QasimYousafzai) April 1, 2022
“PM @ImranKhanPTI has ordered that all ministers take out rallies today in their constituencies with pictures of defecting MNAs & chant murdabad & call them traitors, & celebrate success in local elections” CM KP @immahmoodkhan voice note to PTI ministers in KP. https://t.co/Qg1ORDDdyK
— Usama Khilji (@UsamaKhilji) April 1, 2022