Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s chief of staff Dr Shahbaz Gill Sunday came up with an entirely different story about the cipher, claiming that attempts were made to hide it from the PTI chairman. Addressing a news conference here, he claimed that the cipher was being hidden from Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, but “we extracted it with force”. However, he stopped short of saying who was hiding it.
When asked who attempted to hide the alleged letter, he put the responsibility on reporters, saying that journalists knew better who did so. Again, when pressed why the-then PTI government had not taken action against those responsible for hiding the letter, he tried to parry the question and then said that the energies of the-then government were being consumed on tackling the conspiracy, therefore, it was not possible at that time to hold someone accountable.
