ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Asad Majeed Khan, has sent the “threatening” letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, who claimed that foreign conspiracy was behind in toppling of his government.
According to sources, the telegram was received in Islamabad on March 7, a day before the opposition requestioned the National Assembly for a vote of no-confidence against the Prime Minister.
Sources further claimed that the US ambassador sent the letter after meeting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu. The letter is reportedly classified under the Official Secrets Act, 1923.
Official Secrets Act, 1923 is Pakistan’s Anti Espionage Act and was enacted to consolidate and amend the laws relating to official secrets in Pakistan. It states clearly that actions which involves helping an enemy state against Pakistan.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he would show a “letter” he brandished at the PTI’s March 27 power show, purportedly containing evidence of a foreign conspiracy against the government, to senior journalists and the government’s allies later today.
The development also comes a day after the government said the premier was ready to share the letter with the chief justice of Pakistan. At the same time, it had claimed that the letter could not be presented in parliament due to the “sensitivity” of the issues.
In the PTI’s public meeting in Islamabad on Sunday, the premier had pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and waved it at the crowd, claiming it was evidence of an “international conspiracy” being hatched to topple his government.
“Foreign funding is being used to change the government. Money is coming from abroad and people inside the country are being used. Some of them are unaware they are being used and some are intentionally using this money against us,” he had alleged.
