{"id":11269,"date":"2022-10-10T11:53:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=11269"},"modified":"2022-10-10T11:53:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:53:34","slug":"pti-seeks-jit-to-determine-intelligence-agency-behind-bugging-of-pm-house-imran-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pti-seeks-jit-to-determine-intelligence-agency-behind-bugging-of-pm-house-imran-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI seeks JIT to determine intelligence agency behind &#8216;bugging&#8217; of PM House: Imran Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PTI seeks JIT to determine intelligence agency behind &#8216;bugging&#8217; of PM House: Imran Khan. PTI Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI\">Imran Khan<\/a> on Monday said that his party intends to approach courts over the matter of audio leaks and will seek the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe which intelligence agency is involved in the &#8220;bugging&#8221; of the PM House and Office.<\/p>\n<p>Two audio leaks allegedly involving the PTI chief went viral on Friday. Khan, in one of them, was heard allegedly discussing horse trading with an aide.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">is responsible for the bugging &amp; who is leaking out the audios many of which are edited\/doctored. This is critical bec sensitive security issues are &amp; have been illegally recorded &amp; subsequently hacked, implying confidentiality of Pak&#39;s national security has been exposed globally<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI\/status\/1579409622603280385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The comments made by the former premier in the purported audio suggested that it was recorded before the voting on the no-confidence motion was held against him.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/khans-audio-leak-saga-new-alleged-clip-hints-at-horse-trading.html\">Khan&#8217;s audio leak saga: New alleged clip hints at horse trading<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Audio leaks are a serious breach of national security as they call into question the entire security of the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office and PM House,&#8221; the former prime minister wrote on Twitter, claiming that the secure line at his residence was also bugged when he was the premier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We intend to go to court to establish authenticity of leaks and then form a JIT to investigate which intel agency is responsible for the bugging and who is leaking out the audios many of which are edited\/doctored,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The PTI leader said that it is a critical matter as &#8220;sensitive security issues are and have been illegally recorded and subsequently hacked&#8221;, which implies that the confidentiality of the country&#8217;s national security has been &#8220;exposed&#8221; globally.<\/p>\n<p>The PTI chief&#8217;s allegation of intelligence agencies being involved in bugging comes after the interior minister had categorically stated that no agency was found involved in the security breach.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the federal cabinet has already formed a committee to investigate the breach of security.<\/p>\n<p>The committee met for the first time last week under Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah&#8217;s chairmanship.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by federal ministers, cabinet secretary, and representatives of the Inter-Services Intelligence and Intelligence Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government established the committee to investigate the security breach at the PM House and suggest steps to ensure safety.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that neither the PML-N nor the PTI contradicted the contents of the audios, however, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif categorically denied that his government has any role in the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PTI seeks JIT to determine intelligence agency behind &#8216;bugging&#8217; of PM House: Imran Khan. PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Monday said that his party intends to approach courts over the matter of audio leaks and will seek the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe which intelligence agency is involved in the &#8220;bugging&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[7045,2128,5404,2714,103,253,194],"class_list":["post-11269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-audio-leaks","tag-pm-house","tag-pm-shehbaz-sharif","tag-prime-ministers-office","tag-imran-khan","tag-pmln","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}