FIA to probe 'cypher gate' scandal: Attaullah Tarar
Pakistan
Tarrar said that PTI chief’s close confidant Azam Khan declared him criminal in his statement.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Interior and legal affairs Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday said Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been tasked to investigate the ‘cypher gate’ scandal.
Addressing a press conference, Attaullah Tarar said that Lahore High Court (LHC) for the last five months, had issued a stay order to stop proceedings against the PTI chief for violating an official secret act by making public ‘cypher’ in a public rally but that stay order has been vacated now and FIA has been allowed to carry out investigations.
He said, to keep ‘cypher’ in personal custody and to make it public after being removed from the office of the Prime Minister was a crime.
“It was a violation of the official secret act and the oath of the Prime Minister” said Tarrar adding that PTI chief’s close confidant Azam Khan declared him criminal in his statement.
He said after the statement of Azam Khan, former principal secretary to PTI chief when he was prime minister, the narrative of “Absolutely Not” was also exposed that it was fabricated by the then prime minister for his personal political gains.
