Imran Khan-Arif Alvi alleged phone conversation post-PTV attack surfaces
Different conversations have been merged together to form a controversial statement, tweets Alvi
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Alleged telephone conversation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and ex secretary general of party Arif Alvi post-PTV attack during D-Chowk sit-in has surfaced on Friday.
In the audio tape, Alvi tells Khan that the party workers have entered Pakistan Television (PTV). However, Khan instructs Alvi to maintain pressure on the government in order to get Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif to resign and dissolve the assembly.
Earlier, PTI workers had stormed PTV headquarters in Islamabad on September 1 2014 as the demonstration of protest turned violent.
Read about breach of PTV premises here: PTV goes off-air
Alvi has tweeted regarding the controversy stating that he had resigned from a National Assembly (NA) committee because a huge file of telephone records was presented for probe. Another tweet states that he is a stickler for privacy. He further states that different conversations have been merged together to form a controversial statement.
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PTI Punjab president Ejaz Chaudhry said that this is clearly a spiteful attempt to damage Khan s reputation. He said that the audio tape is a fabricated recording concocted after mixing up different phrases.
Am a stickler for privacy of conversations. I resigned on principle from an NA committee on this issue 1 / 2
— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) March 27, 2015
I resigned from an NA committee when a huge file of telephone conversations was presentd. For suspects too there must be a judicial sanction
— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) March 27, 2015
So did not call anybody or received any call since last night.For truth to prevail u don t need any consultation.What is obvious is obvious
— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) March 27, 2015
My voice & IK s voice seems genuine.Different words & conversations spliced together.I am staunch supporter of privacy. I never record calls
— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) March 27, 2015
Even to splice a conversation, to mix & match & patch somebody is recording phone calls without legal authority
— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) March 27, 2015
We openly requested all parties including MQM at time of Dharna to join us. See talk shows and newspapers to confirm
— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) March 27, 2015
