Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan alleges ex-Army chief Bajwa needed him killed

Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that Gen (retd.) Qamar Javed Bajwa needed to have him murdered and impose a state of emergency within the nation.

Lahore,UPDATED: Jan 5, 2023 15:59 IST

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has been at loggerheads with General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa ever since his ouster from energy in April by a no-confidence movement. (File picture)

By Press Trust of India: In a recent assault on Gen (retd.) Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that the previous military chief needed to have him murdered and impose a state of emergency within the nation.

Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf social gathering, made the startling allegation throughout an interview with Bol News channel in Lahore.

Khan, 70, had been at loggerheads with Bajwa ever since his ouster from energy in April by a no-confidence movement.

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He suffered bullet accidents in the suitable leg on November 3 when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others standing on a container-mounted truck within the Wazirabad space, some 150-km from Lahore, the place he was main the lengthy march to press for snap polls.

Khan stated he was being advised by many to cease levelling allegations towards Bajwa as he has retired, however he couldn’t cowl up “the crimes that Gen Bajwa had committed”, the Dawn newspaper reported, quoting the channel’s Lahore bureau chief.

According to the report, Khan, within the as-yet unaired interview, claimed that Bajwa “wanted me dead”.

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Khan has attacked Gen (retd.) Bajwa previously. Bajwa is now the principle goal of Khan who not solely sees him as the only purpose for all his failures within the authorities but in addition alleges that the retired common had toppled his authorities as a part of a US conspiracy.

Last month, Khan accused Bajwa of taking part in a “double game” towards his authorities and stated that he dedicated a “big mistake” by extending the tenure of then navy chief in 2019.

Gen Bajwa, 61, retired on November 29 after getting a three-year extension in 2019 by the then Prime Minister Khan, who turned out to be the most important critic of the Pakistan Army.

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The highly effective Army, which has dominated the coup-prone nation for greater than half of its 75 plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded appreciable energy in issues of safety and international coverage.

Khan, the previous cricketer-turned-politician, is the one Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament.

He had alleged that the no-confidence vote was a part of a US-led conspiracy focusing on him due to his impartial international coverage choices on Russia, China, and Afghanistan. The US has denied the allegations.

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Raajnandini Mukherjee

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Jan 5, 2023