Pakistan govt forms commission to probe 'foreign conspiracy'

The Pakistan government had formed a commission to probe the alleged foreign conspiracy hatched to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said, the PTI government had decided to present the contents of the threat letter, which purportedly contains "evidence" of a foreign conspiracy in the National Assembly Saturday, Pakistan-based media The Dawn reports.

At a media talk after the federal cabinet meeting, he claimed that "original records of the cipher, only available with the government, would be kept in front of the parliament".

"If, even after that, they

He revealed that the commission, led by Lt Gen (retd) Tariq Khan, would investigate all the "characters" behind the no-trust move and expose them in front of the nation. "It will see if the communique exists and whether it contains the threat of regime change.

"The commission will also disclose the local handlers who were used to take forward this foreign conspiracy," the minister said. "Of course, not everyone from the opposition was involved in it. But there were some people who knew what the conspiracy was, who was behind it and where it came from."

He claimed that eight dissident MNAs were directly approached by a "foreign embassy" to initiate the no-confidence movement.

"Our intelligence agencies have records of their meetings. This commission will review the meetings, what was discussed

He added that the commission would review the aforementioned points within 90 days and form its own investigative teams.