DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar: The word conspiracy was not used in the declaration of the meeting of the National Security Committee

DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar: The word conspiracy was not used in the declaration of the meeting of the National Security Committee

Major General Babar Iftikhar, spokesman for the Pakistan Army's public relations department, said the word "conspiracy" was not used in the National Security Committee's statement.

During a press briefing in Rawalpindi, he said in response to a question that due to deadlock in the political leadership, at the request of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Army Chief had gone to the then opposition with the option of holding early elections. He had refused.

Major General Babar Iftikhar also requested in a press conference that "the army should not be dragged into politics".

Responding to Imran Khan's alleged foreign conspiracy to overthrow his government and the proceedings of the National Security Council meeting held in this regard, he said that the army had given its position in this regard in the meeting after which A statement was issued stating what was said at the meeting.

"The statement clearly states what was and is not, you can clearly see what the word conspiracy is in this statement, I don't think so," he said.

He said the minutes of the meeting could be declassified by the government.

He said that the intelligence agencies were working day and night against the conspiracies "and if anyone tried to conspire against Pakistan then insha'Allah we will not allow it to succeed".

It may be recalled that Imran Khan had claimed that this "conspiracy" prepared in the United States was "exposed" at a meeting of the National Security Committee where the details of this conspiracy were explained in the presence of military leaders.

He said in the minutes of the National Security Committee meeting that it was written that a conspiracy had been hatched.

Then when he was asked why the Foreign Office had issued a statement on the alleged threatening post if it was not a foreign conspiracy?

On this, the DG ISPR said, "Demarsh (protest letters) are not only given on conspiracy but it is also part of the diplomatic process."