PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Thursday held PTI chief Imran Khan and his \u201ccoach\u201d responsible for the recently surfaced audio leaks featuring candid conversations between key figures in the coalition government.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC) after being acquitted in the Avenfield reference, Maryam accepted that four of the clips featured her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know who is doing this all [\u2026] Imran and his coach are involved,\u201d she said without elaborating further.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the audio in which she purportedly asked Prime Minister Shehbaz to discontinue the PTI\u2019s Sehat Card initiative, Maryam insisted that the health project was launched by PML-N supremo Nawaz.<\/p>\n
I had worked hard on the health programme and it was launched by Nawaz Sharif, she claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked the PM to own the programme launched by his party and I never said to discontinue the initiative,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
When asked whether she believed that the \u201cestablishment\u201d was responsible for her conviction in the Avenfield case, Maryam instantly responded: \u201cWho was the beneficiary?<\/p>\n
\u201cImran knew he would not be able to come to power if Nawaz remained in the battleground,\u201d she said. She said the PTI chief and his \u201ccoaches\u201d would be \u201cfinished\u201d in the near future.<\/p>\n
In response to another question, Maryam said a nexus comprising \u201cImran, his coach and a couple of TV channels\u201d were behind the audio leaks.<\/p>\n
She also demanded that a \u201chigh-powered\u201d joint investigation team (JIT) \u2014 consisting of government ministers, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials and law ministry representatives \u2014 be formed to probe the alleged audio leak of Imran Khan and his then-principal secretary Azam Khan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe the facts that have emerged should lead to his [Imran\u2019s] arrest and he must be jailed straightaway,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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