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Drama over Army chiefs appointment to be blamed for Pakistans current situation: Imran Khan #IndiaNEWS #News
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday blamed the drama over the appointment of the next Army chief for the countrys current situation and said that the successor to Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa should be appointed on the basis of merit.
Appointed in 2016, the current Chief of Army Staff Gen Bajwa, 61, is set to retire in the last week of November. The Army chiefs appointment is meant to be for three years, but Gen Bajwa was given an additional three-year term in 2019 after some political drama. Then-prime minister Khan had given him an extension in August, but the Supreme Court later demanded a legislation on the re-appointment of the services chiefs.
Pakistans Parliament complied in January 2020, allowing the prime minister to extend the tenure of services chiefs at his discretion. The legislation had, however, fixed 64 as the age at which a service chief must be retired.
Gen Bajwa can therefore be eligible for another term. This technicality had led to speculation that the incumbent may be seeking or interested in another extension.
A senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, who is a member of the federal Cabinet has hinted that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif could initiate discussions on the appointment of the next Army chief by the end of August, and pos­s­ibly take a decision by mid-September.
In a conversation with social media influencers here, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman connected the current situation in Pakistan to the Chief of Army Staffs appointment, terming it unfortunate that everything in the country was happening over one appointment, the Geo News reported.
A drama begins on the appointment of Army chief which does not happen in any part of the world, he said, underlining that the Army chief should be appointed on the basis of merit.
He said that the Army cannot unite a country single-handedly, adding that if the Army could unite the country, Pakistan would not have been divided in 1971.
Later, addressing a rally here which was taken out to stage a protest against the alleged torture of his detained chief of staff Shehbaz Gill, Khan took a dig at the powerful Army, asking if it was still “neutral�? when it should have stood with justice and people of the country, rather than supporting the corrupt current government.
“I want to tell my neutrals that this is a problem of Pakistan [hence] its imperative for you to stand with people and justice instead of thieves,�? he said Khan addressed the Army as neutral to express his anger and said that the “neutralp��X�YY���X���[���ݙ��Y[����Y��Y�H�ܙZYۈ�ۜ��X�H�]��YY�^HٙH�[����[��H�[YH�X�K�

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