“See, if you recall, in that [cypher] the ambassador has written in the end to [send a] demarche,” Azam allegedly responded. Azam allegedly further advised Imran to hold a meeting with then foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the foreign secretary. Azam purportedly elaborated that they needed to do this so that the matter was on the record. He then suggested that Imran should call the foreign secretary so the issue could also be on the bureaucratic record. “We don’t have a copy so how did they pick it up?” Azam purportedly questioned.

Source: The Express Tribune September 29, 2022 19:05 UTC