PM terms audio leak of PM House, a serious security lapse, assures thorough probe.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday while terming the purported surfacing of an audio leak of the Prime Minister House as a 'serious security lapse', resolved that it would be thoroughly investigated.

Addressing a presser, the prime minister agreed that a big question mark was posed over the audio leak and informed that he was taking a notice and would be forming a high-powered committee to fully probe it and unearth facts.

The prime minister further said that visitors from the foreign countries would also feel uncomfortable if the conversations were bugged in the official places and such breaches of cyber secrecy were related to matter of respect of 220 million Pakistanis.

To a query, the prime minister said that the country was passing through 'a state of war on the economic front' and the coalition government was fully endeavoring to set the national economy right.

'Rest assure, we will not run away and will put it on the right path,' he emphasized.

The prime minister said that the coalition government had focused on the economic situation and striving day and night to improve the economic conditions, therefore, they had no time for setting the political scores with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan.

If he had spent half of the time of his government on strengthening the economy, there might be some improvement, he regretted without naming Imran Khan.

The prime minister responding to another query categorically said that the general elections would be held on time and ruled out any threats to the coalition government.

Explaining further, the prime minister said in the alleged audio leak, Marriyum Nawaz, had never asked for any favour, neither she sought any favour nor recommended anything for her son in law.

Half of the sugar mills machinery was imported from India during the PTI's government, he said, adding since the matter pertained to India, they did not consider it and took up in the cabinet.

Under the laws, as a prime minister, he could give a nod, but he did not, so what was wrong in it, since no bargaining was involved, he added.

The prime minister, in an apparent reference to PTI's audio leaks, said whey questions were not raised over those audio leaks which provided clear evidences of bribing of diamonds and properties given in exchange for the transfer of 190million UK pounds which were sent back as settlement after investigation by the UK National Crime Agency.

Federal ministers also accompanied the prime minister during his press conference.

To another question, the prime...

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