ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday said its going to initiate imvestigation into Pegasus phone hacking scandal to exactly access which Pakistani personalities were targetted to hack phones and to what extent the hackers could penetrate into Pakistan’s sensitive institutions.
Prime minister’s advisor on Interior, Barrister Shahzad Akbar, who was flanked by federal minister for Information, Fawad Chaudhary made a formal announcement to this effect at a press conference.
Barrister Shahzad Akbar told the mediamen that Pakistan will present its findings into Pegasus phone hacking scandal to the United Nations and other international fora. He said the media reports of phone hacking of Pakistan’s top military and political leadership is a serious issue and Pakistan government will have indepth investigation into the case.
The media reports that India used Israel’s Pegasus technology to hack phones of Pakistan’s top political and military leadership including prime minister, Imran Khan, was extremely alarming for Pakistan..
A London-based newspaper had published a story early this month on global hacking of top political leadership, activists and journalists of over 55 countries.
Many countries of the world are taking review of apparatus to ensure that their security is not breached through any hackers.
France was the first country which announced to investigate the Israel-India phone hacking case.
Pakistan has serious concerns over the media reports that India used Israel’s software ..Pegasus…to hack phones of Pakistani minister and other high ranking officials.
Pakistan do believe that India might have attempted to hack telephones of top military leaderahip to get highly sensitive information relatimg to military plans and schemes.
Soon after appearing the news relating to the use of Israeli software, Pakistan had had high level discussions. The army leadership had given presentations on security related plans to the prime minister.
Pakistan is fully conscious that Ìndia- Isreal nexus is making efforts at every forum to damage Pakistan and Israel is fully involved in Indian military planning related to Pakistan.
In the given scenario, the media news of use of Israel’s software by India to hack telephones of Pakistan’s top political and military leadership has shaken up Islamabad.