Military's opinion on national security issues is not final word: Asad Umar.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar, while referring to the alleged conspiracy behind the ouster of the PTI government, said the opinion of the Pakistan Army on the issues of national security could not be taken as a final word.

The former minister made these remarks during a TV show. 'At the outset, you were asking me a question that since it is a matter of national security so the army has a final word on the issue, [but] with due respect, I don't agree with this,' he added.

The PTI leader was referring to the remarks made by the spokesperson of the Pakistan Army, Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, a day earlier wherein he had rubbished the claims of a foreign conspiracy being peddled by Imran Khan.

Maj Gen Iftikhar said that no evidence of any 'foreign conspiracy' was found and the National Security Committee (NSC) participants were clearly told that no conspiracy was hatched against the PTI government.

"No one has the right to twist and distort the facts. The armed forces and their leadership have been the target of propaganda for some time now," he had added. Former prime minister Imran Khan has repeatedly claimed that he had been ousted from power through a foreign conspiracy.

'President of Pakistan's letter to the chief justice, remains unanswered. A judicial commission should hold open hearings and whether there was a conspiracy will be settled once and for all. That there was blatant external interference has been ratified twice by the NSC,' Umar said in a tweet.

In a tweet, PTI leader Shireen Mazari also disagreed with the military spokesperson over the issue of the alleged conspiracy.

She said, 'With due respect to...