Punjab govt rejects ISI role in CJ Sharif report leakage

Chief Justice Lahore high Court Khawaja Sharif.

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Thursday rejected reports that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had any kind of involvement in the leakage of a report pertaining to a plan to assassinate Chief Justice Lahore high Court Khawaja Sharif.
A spokesman of the provincial government in a handout said that it was just an allegation.
He said the report came from the special branch and according to a set procedure the provincial government contacts the ISI after receiving such kinds of reports. Therefore, the ISI was contacted, but the agency had no role in the leakage of the report to the media.