ISLAMABAD: The federal government has taken notice of a ‘fake’ Intelligence Bureau memo, claiming links between parliamentarians and proscribed organisations, reported a private TV channel.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had ordered the authority to monitor the activities of 37 legislators due to their alleged connections with banned terrorists and sectarian outfits, stated the memo which was shown on a private TV channel.
According to reports, the government has denied issuing such directives, saying that the memo shown on TV and being circulated on social media was fake, and added that after a thorough investigation a case will be filed against those involved in drafting the memo and leaking it to the media.
The case will likely be filed in Islamabad’s Secretariat police station.
The issue was first raised by Inter-Provincial Coordination Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada at the recently held cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
The list named a number of key ministers, including Riaz Pirzada, Zahid Hamid, Baleeghur Rehman, Sikandar Bosan, Hafiz Abdul Kareem and National Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi.
