Data Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb introduced on Thursday the federal government had determined to kind an “unbiased” inquiry fee to probe the alleged “overseas conspiracy” that former prime minister Imran Khan has been claiming was behind the ouster of his authorities.

The minister instructed a press convention in Islamabad that the fee will “pretty determine that the narrative of overseas conspiracy was all drama and the true character behind it was Imran Khan”.

“These allegations are an try and trigger irreparable injury to the nation,” the data minister stated.

Predicting the post-inquiry state of affairs, Aurangzeb stated anybody who levelled such allegations “might be dealt as per the regulation” in mild of the choice made by the inquiry fee.

She reiterated that the fee can be unbiased and its probe report can be introduced earlier than the general public. “This drama ought to now finish.”

The minister stated the phrases of reference of the inquiry fee can be positioned earlier than the cupboard for approval in its subsequent assembly.

Nobody together with Imran Khan would be capable to elevate an objection to the identify of the fee’s head, Aurangzeb added.

She accused the PTI chief and former premier of making an attempt to divert public consideration from the alleged corruption of Farah Khan — a detailed good friend of Imran’s spouse Bushra Bibi.

The minister lambasted Imran, saying the PTI-led authorities facilitated opening of round 34 financial institution accounts between 2018 and 2022, most of them within the identify of Farah. “Rs 870.4 million had been transferred into these accounts through the interval.”

The PML-N chief went on to say the PTI authorities “bought” Pakistan’s overseas coverage and invited the wrath of “pleasant nations”.

She stated Imran wouldn’t settle for the inquiry fee however “its findings might be accepted by the parliament and folks of Pakistan.”

The controversy surrounding the no-confidence movement in opposition to the previous premier Imran Khan took a dramatic flip when the embattled PM brandished a letter at a rally on March 27 — days earlier than his ouster — claiming it contained proof of a “overseas conspiracy” hatched to topple his authorities.

Imran had saved mum concerning the contents of the letter when he first unveiled it however he spilled the beans days later by naming the US when the exit of his authorities appeared imminent.

Imran’s allegation that the US spearheaded his exit from energy was based mostly on a cable obtained from Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed, during which the envoy had reported a few assembly with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Affairs Donald Lu.

Majeed had reportedly stated that Donald Lu warned that Imran Khan’s continuation in workplace, who was set to face a vote of no confidence, would have repercussions on bilateral relations. The US was stated to be aggravated with Imran over his “unbiased overseas coverage” and go to to Moscow.

The Pentagon and the State Division have repeatedly rejected the accusations, saying there was no veracity to it.

The Nationwide Safety Committee (NSC), which incorporates all companies chiefs in addition to the pinnacle of Pakistan’s high intelligence company, took up the matter on March 31 with then premier Imran Khan within the chair. The discussion board determined to concern a “robust demarche” to a rustic that it didn’t identify over what it termed as “blatant interference within the inside affairs of Pakistan”.

It had additionally termed the interference “unacceptable beneath any circumstances” and stated the language used within the communique was undiplomatic.

Whereas the discussion board had stopped in need of calling the interference a conspiracy on the time, one other assembly of the NSC was held on April 22 with newly elected premier Shehbaz Sharif within the chair, and which included the identical army chiefs who attended the March 31 session.

Throughout its second assembly, the NSC assertion stated it “reaffirmed the selections of the final NSC assembly” and explicitly went on so as to add that it discovered no proof of a overseas conspiracy.