Purpose of the audio leak?

Muhammad Faheem

After the end of the government of Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan, a new trend has emerged in the politics of Pakistan in which audio tapes are leaking; Initially, the audio leaks were of the the current government i.e. PDM, which the PTI tried its best to use the revelation of the conversation inside the Prime Minister's House to its advantage, but later Imran Khan alleged audios started leaking, which included the issue of buying and selling to MNAs to fail the no trust motion against him.

Even the former first lady was not safe from these audio leaks and her phone calls with PTI social media chief Arslan Khalid, Ex Advisor to PM, Zulfi Bukhari and later Bani Gala's assistant were leaked in which the PTI narrative was prepared and the sale of Tosha Khana souvenirs is also included.

Former Finance Minister Senator Shaukat Tareen's conversation with the Finance Minister of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in an alleged attempt to derail talks with the IMF made the matter more serious.

As long as the matter was a political conversation, everything was understandable, but now this matter has escalated to extreme absurdity and now due to the audio leaks, every line has been crossed.

Leaking of alleged audios attributed to former Prime Minister Imran Khan continues on social media. Four different audios have been released over two days in which the PTI chairman is allegedly having a highly inappropriate conversation with a woman.

Social Media users declared the audio fake but till now no words from Lahore or Islamabad in this regard. All four audio tapes are currently available on all social media platforms and are being commented on, both positive and negative.

Two audio tapes released on Monday allegedly contain a highly personal conversation with a woman with a voice and accent similar to Imran Khan's, but the 15-minute audio tape released on Tuesday, this tape is released in two parts. One of the special reasons for this new audio tape is that there is a conflict between PTI and Q-League in Punjab at the moment. In the latest audio, Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, Muhammad Ali Durrani, Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain are also mentioned, but these persons are addressed by alias.

The alleged audio tapes released during two days have not been forensically investigated by any side, while the woman identified in the audio and the PTI chairman have not spoken about whether the tape is fake or genuine.

It should be noted that these audio tapes were allegedly recorded before 2013 when Imran Khan's party was not had any representation in Parliament. Some are benefiting and some are being harmed by these audio leaks, but Imran Khan's politics and his role are being targeted in every possible way. PTI workers have nothing in defense of these audios but it is also clear that they are standing with Imran Khan today as they were in the past. These audio leaks have once again changed the politics of Pakistan. All this is recalling 90s when Sheikh Rasheed used to defame and publicly harrass Ex-PM Late Benazir Bhutto in public gatheringzs.

Deliver to do all possible character assassination of him and now all this is being done with Imran Khan as well. In politics, if when one does not have any answer to the narrative of the other, they cames down to such low. When the hacker who leaked the audio came to know that Imran Khan's workers were still with him after the audio leak of corruption, Tosha Khana and Parliament market, he released this almost a decade old audio, which is ow using to damage the people's trust in Imran Khan. Just as today Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is talking about the economy pact and the way the democracy pact was done in 2007, now there is a need for politics pact in which one party will not low at low against the other to such an extent.