Imran Khan calls for ‘inside army probe’ in opposition to ex-Pak Army chief General Bajwa

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan demanded an “internal military inquiry” in opposition to former military chief Qamar Javed Bajwa over his alleged “admission” about his involvement in ousting the federal government led by him.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (File picture)

By Press Trust of India: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has demanded an “internal military inquiry” in opposition to ex-Army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa for his alleged “admission” about being concerned within the ouster of the federal government led by him.

In an interview with Voice of America Urdu aired on Friday, Khan as soon as once more mentioned: “The PML-N, PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) and the establishment are all standing on one side … they all together removed our government and Gen Bajwa has admitted to the regime change since he has given his statement to a journalist about for what reasons the government was removed.”

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He was referring to Gen Bajwa’s remarks printed in a current column. In it, Bajwa mentioned his “crime” was not stepping in to avoid wasting Khan’s authorities. He was additionally quoted as saying that “these people (Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) were dangerous for the country”.

“Now he has himself said that he ousted the government because, according to whatever he said, there was a danger to the country,” Khan mentioned.

When requested concerning the Army chief’s acknowledgement of the army’s involvement in politics, Khan mentioned: “There should be an internal army inquiry against him for the statements that he proudly and arrogantly gave that ‘I made the decision because the country’s conditions were such’, as if he was some economic expert.”

Khan mentioned the main precept of the stability of energy is that the elected authorities that has the duty should even have the authority, asserting that no administration system works if the 2 are separated.

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Since his ouster from energy in a parliamentary vote of no-confidence final April, Khan, 70, has had a public falling out with the army, regardless of beforehand having fun with an in depth relationship with the nation’s strongest establishment.

He tore into Gen Bajwa, saying the ex-army chief “favoured some of the biggest crooks in the country” and didn’t take into consideration corruption as an enormous drawback.

“He wanted us to work with them. What that meant [was] giving them immunity from their corruption cases,” he claimed, including that Gen Bajwa has a “very close” relationship with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

“And, for some reason, he conspired, and this regime change took place,” Khan mentioned within the interview aired on Saturday.

He mentioned that the main precept of the stability of energy was that the elected authorities should even have the authority.

“You cannot separate responsibility and authority. So, if the authority lies with the army chief, [but] responsibility lies with the prime minister, no management system works,” he mentioned.

Responding to a query, Khan mentioned the brand new army management had realised that the “experiment of regime change has failed”.

“I’m sure amongst the new military leadership there is a realisation that this experiment of regime change has gone wrong. Pakistan’s economy has gone into a tailspin, we are facing the worst crisis in our history, the economic crisis, but not just that, the governance crisis, and there’s no way to get out of this,” he mentioned.

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Feb 12, 2023