Khan told the BBC that former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant-General Zaheer-ul-Islam was behind the two months of violent antigovernment rallies, during which three people were killed and more than 500 wounded.
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The Prime Minister in a statement issued here said he was happy to know that the savages involved in the brutal killings of innocent children in Peshawar had met their fate.
The government is already facing under pressure as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has quit Parliament to protest against the operation in Karachi against outlaws – allegedly targeting MQM workers.
Asad Umar used twitter to term the denial of the government as not enough, and said if the allegations levelled by Mushahidullah found to be hitting the target, the ex DG ISI and his accomplices must be accounted for plotting and instigating an act of treason.
During the interview, when the marches are over, the minister asserted that the plan was actually made by the then chief of ISI General Zaheerul Islam aimed at creating unrest and anarchy.
He went on to claim that there were 25 Kalashnikovs apiece in both vehicles.
Khan had sent his resignation and was expected back in the country by late Saturday or Sunday, the official said.
Mr Khan had said a former head of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency had encouraged street protests past year.
When asked that the on one hand, he is leveling allegations on senior military officials, while the security responsibilities of PM House and other state buildings was also given to army personnel, Mushahidullah said that army wasn’t part of the conspiracy as an institution.
“The story about any tape recording as being discussed in media is totally baseless, unfounded & farthest from truth”, Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa, the military spokesman had tweeted on Friday evening.
Regarding the alleged tape, the information minister said neither anyone listened to any such tape nor was any such tape was presented to anyone. “So there was no such incident”, he added.
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Information Minister Pervez Rashid said Mr Khan’s claims were “irresponsible and contrary to the facts”.
