The putative commission will be headed by an impartial and uncontroversial person of credibility
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government will set up an impartial inquiry commission to probe the alleged foreign conspiracy behind the ouster of former prime minister Imran Khan, a senior minister said on Thursday.
“The ToRs (term of references) of the inquiry commission will be finalised in the next cabinet meeting,” information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb told a news conference. “The head of this commission would be a person of credibility on whom nobody could raise a finger.”
Former prime minister Khan accused the United States of helping the opposition parties to topple him by interfering in domestic politics of the South Asian country.
Khan waved a purported letter at a public rally on March 27 declared that a foreign conspiracy was afoot to remove him from power, touting the opposition’s no-confidence move against him as a testimony of “foreign funded” move to topple his government.
The US had bluntly rejected Khan’s allegations, saying there is “absolutely no truth” to these claims.
Fawad Chaudhry, a former minister and senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has rejected the government proposed commission and has demanded the country’s Supreme Court to constitute an inquiry commission on the matter.
Shortly after being elected as the Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif in his inaugural speech at the National Assembly had announced a parliamentary probe into the foreign conspiracy and offered to resign “if there is a shred of evidence to prove the allegation”.
Minister Aurangzeb said the proposed commission “will be an impartial and independent”, and its findings will be put “before the nation so that it could see for itself as to which person has hurt the interests of the country”.
Aurangzeb said the issue of foreign interference in change of government “should be settled once for all”.
“Those who are hurling allegations of foreign conspiracy will have to face the law after the findings of the inquiry commission,” she added.
The minister said commission will fairly decide that the narrative of foreign conspiracy was “all nothing but drama and the real character behind it was Imran Khan”. “These allegations are an attempt to cause irreparable damage to the country.”
Khan came to power in 2018 with promises to create a ‘Naya Pakistan’ but miserably failed to address the basic problem. He was the first prime minister in Pakistan’s history voted out in a no-confidence motion.
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