Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that by building a deceitful narrative of conspiracy against his government, Imran Khan committed treason against Pakistan and its people and inflicted irreparable damage to the country’s reputation.

The prime minister, while referring to an audio leak revealing a conversation between former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-principal secretary Azam Khan about using the classified diplomatic cable for political purposes, said the episode had badly damaged Pakistan’s relations with the friendly countries.

“The audio tells all. Is there any doubt yet as who hatched conspiracy? Who are the real conspirators? It was Imran Khan and his cronies,” the prime minister told a press conference.

The premier said that it was the PTI chief who played with the national interests and hurt the country’s relationship with the outside world which the present government was trying to repair and improve.

“That conspiracy stands exposed without any ambiguity. For last five years, I have been saying that he [Imran Khan] is the biggest liar doing all just to serve his own interests,” he commented.

He told the media that the National Security Committee, in its two meetings, categorically made it clear that the cipher had nothing to do with the conspiracy.

To a question, Shehbaz Sharif confirmed that the PM House’s copy of the cipher was missing.

PM Shehbaz made it clear that the government had no role in the audio leaks.

Prime Minister said the government has spent almost one hundred billion rupees for the relief and assistance of the flood-affected people.

He said under BISP, sixty billion rupees have already been spent. Billions of rupees have been spent for the provision of blankets, tents, food packages and other items to the flood victims.

Prime Minister said China has provided ninety million dollars for the flood victims while other countries including the US, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Japan have also come forward for the assistance of the flood affected people.

He said federal and provincial governments as well as other institutions are strenuously working to extend relief to the flood victims. He however regretted that the PTI Chairman is trying to create hurdles in the way of assistance pouring in from abroad.

Responding to a question, the Prime Minister said Islamabad High Court has given a clean chit to Maryam Nawaz on merit. He said Maryam Nawaz appeared before the courts for four years and also faced imprisonment with Nawaz Sharif.