‘Our intelligence agencies are making people feel threatened’: Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that intelligence agencies should reconsider what they are engaging in.

“Our intelligence agencies should think about what they are engaging in. They are making people feel threatened,” he said. Addressing the agencies during an interview on Channel 92, the former Prime Minister said that “political engineering” was not in their job description and that they were tasked to keep the country safe.

Khan claimed that state secrets have been leaked to the country’s enemies, citing an alleged breach of the secure line at Prime Minister’s Office.

"وزیراعظم آفس کی آڈیو لیکس جیسے قومی سلامتی کے حساس معاملے کا کون ذمہ دار ہے؟"#IKon92News@MoeedNj pic.twitter.com/l2BSDmNHFr

— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 4, 2022

“Secrets of the state have been leaked to our enemies. There has been a violation of the security line of the Prime Minister’s Office. The security agencies must be questioned about who is responsible for this,” he said during an interview with a private television channel.

‘They [government] should first ask the Foreign Office about the cipher’s master copy’: Khan

Khan said that the master copy of the infamous cipher is lying in the Foreign Office.

“They [government] should first ask the Foreign Office about the cipher’s master copy,” the former premier stated, adding that the master copy first arrives at the FO and its copies are then sent to the Prime Minister’s house, president, and the chief of army staff.

“What cipher are they talking about which has been stolen?” Khan questioned the government, stressing that they “initially lied” that there was no cipher.

"سائفر چوری کا بیانیہ بنانے والوں کو معلوم ہونا چاہیے کہ سائفر کی ماسٹر کاپی وزارتِ خارجہ کے پاس ہوتی ہے"#IKon92News@MoeedNj pic.twitter.com/6bPI8s7QR0

— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 4, 2022

He added that President Arif Alvi sent the cipher’s copy to Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and that his party had sent one copy to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser.

‘No one will be able to guess what will happen, what we’ll do’: Khan

“We have planned more events after this. No one will be able to guess what will happen, what we’ll do. [I’ve] just shared the details with four to five closest people,” he said.

“Our discussions get leaked, our phones get taped. It seems like I’m a traitor,” the former premier said, claiming that his servants are being paid to leak information.