PM House security questioned as another purported audio clip featuring govt officials surfaces.

ISLAMABAD -- In a shocking incident, an audio clip purportedly of a meeting at PM House featuring several government officials has leaked online, it emerged Sunday, calling into question the security of PM House.

A day earlier, a leaked audio had gone viral on social media - allegedly featuring Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif - containing a discussion regarding PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz asking for a power plant from India to be imported for her son-in-law.

This second leaked audio that has gone viral on social media - allegedly featuring PM Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and others - contains a discussion regarding PTI's resignations.

In it, PML-N leaders can allegedly be heard giving their opinions over PTI's resignations. They are also talking about London's permission to accept the resignations.

The leaked audio clip has rung alarm bells and raised serious questions about the security of PM House.

It is also being said that there are secret recording systems installed at PM House which even government representatives are unaware of.

However, PML-N members and federal ministers are reluctant to speak on the matter.

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, while raising questions over the cyber security situation in the country, said that PM House's data has been put on sale on the dark web.

Taking to his Twitter handle, the PTI leader said, 'It is a major failure of our intelligence agencies, especially the Intelligence Bureau (IB).'

'Besides political matters, important discussion on security and foreign affairs are in their hands,' he added.

Raising questions over the security of the PM Office, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra said: '8GB of hacked leaks from PMO. Regardless of who is speaking, this Orwellian culture of recordings is disgusting.'

The minister asked, 'Who is accountable for the security of this data?'

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