{"id":20424,"date":"2022-11-08T10:28:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T10:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=20424"},"modified":"2022-11-08T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T10:28:30","slug":"information-about-attack-came-from-within-intelligence-agencies-imran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2022\/11\/08\/information-about-attack-came-from-within-intelligence-agencies-imran\/","title":{"rendered":"Information about attack came from &#8216;within intelligence agencies&#8217;: Imran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/pakistan\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pakistan\u00a0<\/a>Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday claimed that his preliminary information regarding the alleged assassination attempt against him came &#8220;from within the intelligence agencies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Becky Anderson on CNN, the former premier maintained that he was in power for three and half years and still had \u201cconnections within intelligence agencies\u201d who allegedly notified him of the incident in advance.<\/p>\n<p>He furthered that this was because people were \u201cappalled by what is going on in this country\u201d and that the current circumstances were \u201cunprecedented\u201d.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyCNN\/status\/1589652037339316225\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=etribune&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOlsibGlua3RyLmVlIiwidHIuZWUiLCJ0ZXJyYS5jb20uYnIiLCJ3d3cubGlua3RyLmVlIiwid3d3LnRyLmVlIiwid3d3LnRlcnJhLmNvbS5iciJdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdGltZWxpbmVfMTIwMzQiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoidHJlYXRtZW50IiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd190d2VldF9lZGl0X2JhY2tlbmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3JlZnNyY19zZXNzaW9uIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19jaGluX3BpbGxzXzE0NzQxIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6ImNvbG9yX2ljb25zIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd190d2VldF9yZXN1bHRfbWlncmF0aW9uXzEzOTc5Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InR3ZWV0X3Jlc3VsdCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0Zndfc2Vuc2l0aXZlX21lZGlhX2ludGVyc3RpdGlhbF8xMzk2MyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJpbnRlcnN0aXRpYWwiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2V4cGVyaW1lbnRzX2Nvb2tpZV9leHBpcmF0aW9uIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6MTIwOTYwMCwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0Zndfc2hvd19ibHVlX3ZlcmlmaWVkX2JhZGdlIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1589652037339316225&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F2385303%2Finformation-about-attack-came-from-within-intelligence-agencies-imran&amp;sessionId=0fcc92b147205b614d6a3eb9dc4638025828dbba&amp;siteScreenName=etribune&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=a3525f077c700%3A1667415560940&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1589652037339316225\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDuring Musharraf\u2019s martial law, I was put in jail. Never did the sort of oppression happening right now occur under his martial law,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing his response of how he knew about the assassination bid, Imran stated that in his public speech on September 24, he detailed \u201cexactly\u201d how the events would unfold, and how in the name of blasphemy a religious fanatic would attempt to kill him and the government would blame him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout two months ago this plot was conceived, I went on in public on September 24 and I announced this plot,\u201d he stated, detailing the \u201cbackground\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt started when I was deposed from government and what was expected was that our party would just fall part apart \u2013 in fact, what has happened is that there was a big public backlash to those two families [the Sharif and Bhutto families] being imposed upon us again who have been ruling for 30 years,\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Imran highlighted that the PTI garnered public support and \u201cwon 75% of by-elections after being removed from power\u201d thus causing the government to make him run \u201cout of the race\u201d by trying to disqualify him and accusing him of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey tried everything to get me out of the way, and when that did not happen, this [the assassination attempt] was planned,\u201d he said, adding that two months ago, an agency produced a video of him accusing him of blasphemy and then a journalist came up with another video claiming that Imran had offended religious sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the information minister along with the daughter of a former prime minister [Nawaz Sharif], Maryam Safdar went on television saying I have upset the sentiments of the people,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Imran stated that it was then he went on air and claimed it was a planned attempt because \u201cif they assassinated me, the evidence would go to the government, so they made it out that I was [killed by] a religious fanatic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson pointed out that the attack was condemned by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, and Imran\u2019s allegations were deemed \u201cunacceptable\u201d by the military. She questioned if it was \u201cnot conceivable that the perpetrator was acting alone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Imran detailed that \u201cthere were two shooters\u201d, the first hit the PTI leaders in the legs and was only stopped because a person in the crowd \u201cpulled his gun down\u201d. He claimed that another volley then attacked the top of the container and came over the PTI leaders\u2019 heads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a planned assassination attempt, I went on air beforehand I warned them that they would blame it on some religious fanatic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former premier maintained that the coverup after the attack is why he called for an independent investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn independent investigation cannot happen with these three people on top because the investigating agencies are under them,\u201d he stated, adding that he had appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to conduct an independent inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf my allegations are wrong then that will be revealed. I know the sequence of events; I know the cover-up that took place and is still taking place\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Imran iterated that he did not need to accuse the incumbent government to return to power, with every opinion poll indicating the PTI\u2019s popularity and the party winning \u201c75% of the by-elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two people I have accused, the prime minister and the interior minister,\u00a0have been accused of a massacre. 12 people were massacred and 60 were hit with bullets when the police opened fire at an unarmed crowd called the Model Town massacre. They have been accused of killing people of assassinations, extra-judicial killings,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He furthered that \u201cas far as the officer involved from the intelligence agency, we know how this whole plot opened up and we know how the video was orchestrated and the cover-up that is taking place\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the reversal of the Pakistan Electronic Regulation Media Authority (PERMA) ban on his speeches by PM Shehbaz, Imran stated that the \u201cclampdown on media in Pakistan is unprecedented\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said that \u201cone of the best investigative journalists, Arshad Sharif\u201d, who was \u201cexposing the plot\u201d against Imran, was \u201chounded out\u201d of Pakistan and killed in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo of my closest aides\u2026one a senator, were stripped naked and tortured and both blamed the senior intelligence officer,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Imran further claimed that the ban would not stand in any court of law and that they had no basis to ban him.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned how he could not blame those he was suspicious of after almost being assassinated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u00a0Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday claimed that his preliminary information regarding the alleged assassination attempt against him came &#8220;from within the intelligence agencies&#8221;. 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