Former envoy to US Asad Majeed to brief NSC on ‘threat letter’

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Dr Asad Majeed Khan will today brief the National Security Committee (NSC) about the diplomatic cable sent to the PTI government last month, sources told Geo News on Friday.

Sources said that Pakistani diplomats have arrived in Islamabad and will attend an NSC meeting convened by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s Office to discuss the “threat.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was ousted by the no-confidence motion, gave a “threat” at a public rally before his ouster on March 27, claiming that his government was threatened by the United States and The opposition is involved in this conspiracy.

The PTI has claimed that the Imran Khan government was toppled because of the independent foreign policy and most recently due to the PM’s Russian visit.

The US has rejected the allegations and said there is no truth in them.

Not only this, DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar had also rejected the perception of a foreign conspiracy behind the no-trust motion.

Addressing a press conference on April 14, the military spokesperson had clarified that the word “conspiracy” was not used in the statement issued after a meeting of the NSC last month.

The military’s spokesperson had said he cannot discuss what was discussed in the meeting, but noted that the word “conspiracy” was not used.

The NSC meeting was called on March 31 by former prime minister Imran Khan to discuss the matter. All the services chiefs and DG ISI had also attended the huddle.

PM Shehbaz, soon after taking becoming the prime minister, had also said that the government will summon a meeting of the Parliament’s National Security Committee where the military leadership will brief the lawmakers.