PM Abbasi's news conference data deleted from PTV record

Dunya News

The news conference was held a day before after the meeting of National Security Committee.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The inside story of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s news conference has revealed that the data of his speech was deleted from PTV record while the whole process took place in the supervision of Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb.

The news conference was held after the meeting of National Security Committee (NSC) following the controversial remarks of PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif about the 2008 Mumbai attacks. PM also met Sharif prior to the conference.

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The record of the entire news conference is now only in the possession of Marriyum Aurangzeb.

After PM ‘s presser, the PTV staff was restricted in the premier’s officer. They were then asked to prepare the DVDs of the news conference after which the camera recording was obliterated.

Once the minister took hold of the DVDs, the staff was allowed to leave. It is pertinent to mention here that the news conference was not aired on any channel including PTV.