Pakistan arrests opposition leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi in ‘cypher’ case

Shah Mehmood Qureshi, former Pakistan foreign minister and a close aide of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has been detained after officials accused him of misusing a diplomatic cable for political gain.
Khan had claimed that the United States was behind a conspiracy to topple his government as he tapped into anti-American sentiment in a bid to mobilise support ahead of a no-confidence vote last April. He resigned after losing the vote, and later said he was aware of a secret cable – known as the “cypher” – that showed the US was behind his ouster. The former prime minister never revealed the content of the cable and later walked back on his allegations against the US.

Zeeshan Salahuddin is the Director of the Center for Regional and Global Connectivity, at the public policy think tank Tabadlab.
He joins us from live from Islamabad to discuss the latest updates.

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