Islamabad, Dec 13 (PTI) Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday claimed that convicted ex-spymaster Faiz Hameed was responsible for the ouster of former premier Nawaz Sharif in 2017.

Addressing a press conference in Sialkot two days after Hameed, the former chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was sentenced to a 14-year jail term by a military tribunal, Asif said that more charges against him were to come soon.

“A former head of ISI has been convicted in a trial that ran for 15 months; there are still other charges on which legal proceedings will be initiated soon,” Asif was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.

The defence minister assailed the former spymaster, claiming that Nawaz was ousted through a “conspiracy”.

“The removal of Nawaz, the cases lod

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