In the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a special committee of the cabinet has been formed to investigate the audios related to the diplomatic cipher, while the audios have been declared a serious violation of the Official Secrets Act.
A cabinet meeting was held on Friday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in which the issue of audio leaks was discussed in detail. The meeting endorsed the decision of the National Security Committee (NSC) to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.
The cabinet members expressed serious concern that the audios of the former prime minister, former principal secretary to the prime minister and others related to the diplomatic cipher have exposed the criminal conspiracy of the former government and Prime Minister Imran Niazi. . A diplomatic ‘cipher’ was given fictitious meanings to kill key national interests for political gain and stolen after ‘fraud, forgery, ‘fabrication’.
It was jointly decided in the meeting that the audio leaks related to the cipher are a serious violation of the constitutional oath, other relevant laws, regulations, especially the ‘Official Secrets Act’, which constitutes an unpardonable offense against the state by compromising key state interests. But political interests were given priority. Therefore, according to the constitution, law and regulations, it is necessary to investigate this whole matter carefully and to clearly identify the responsible and punish them strictly according to the law.
The cabinet members were briefed on the diplomatic cipher issue, in which it was revealed that the copy of the relevant diplomatic cipher is missing from the Prime Minister House records.
The meeting was told that although there is a record of the receipt of this cipher sent to the former prime minister in the Prime Minister House, but its copy is not available in the record, according to the law, this copy is the property of the Prime Minister House.
The meeting declared that theft of diplomatic cipher records is a serious matter. After detailed consultation, the participants formed a special committee of the cabinet which will determine the legal action against all the involved roles, ex-prime minister, ex-principal secretary to prime minister, senior ministers.
The cabinet committee will include the representatives of the coalition parties in the government, besides the ministers of the ministries of foreign affairs, interior, and law.
The cabinet meeting condemned in the strongest terms the harassment, intimidation, intimidation, vulgarity, indecent acts and mobbing and chasing of PTI workers in London against Information and Broadcasting Minister Maryam Aurangzeb.
On the recommendation of the Ministry of Law and Justice, the Federal Cabinet approved the filing of an explanatory reference by the President of Pakistan on the recommendation of the Prime Minister regarding the previous decision of the Supreme Court regarding the construction of the Recodek project of the federal government and the Balochistan government. .
Along with this, it was also discussed regarding the approval of Foreign Investment (Protection & Promotion), Bill 2022 in reference to seek clarification.
The cabinet approved the new ‘SOP’ (Standard Operating Procedure 2022) for the inclusion and exclusion of names in the ‘ECL’ (Exit Control List) on the recommendation of the Ministry of Interior. Under which the process of inclusion and exclusion of names in the exit control list has already been made transparent and simplified.
Apart from this, the Cabinet also approved inclusion of 12 names in ‘ECL’ and exclusion of 3 names from the list.
