Oppn was afraid I’d appoint Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as army chief: Ousted Pak PM Imran Khan
India Today
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan said that the then opposition coalition was afraid that he’d appoint Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as army chief.
The then opposition coalition was afraid that I wanted to appoint Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed as the next chief of the army staff, said former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
During a seminar on ‘Regime Change Conspiracy and Pakistan’s Destabilization’, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman said, “They (Oppn) feared that if that would have happened then it would shatter their future. I never thought of appointing someone as army chief. I have never taken a decision that is not based on merit,” a local media reported.
On the alleged corruption by the incumbent government, the ousted prime minister Imran Khan said that the government is “afraid of the army and the Inter-Services Intelligence” as they know that their “corruption” will be caught at some point, reported Geo News.
Khan said that the incumbent rulers claim that he wanted to appoint an army chief of his choice. “Imran Khan does not want to save his (Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif) corruption, he (Imran Khan) does not want to appoint his army chief,” said the PTI leader during the seminar.
Further sharpening the attack, Imran Khan chided the incumbent rulers for allegedly “murdering the institutions” and appointing “their people” to every institution.
Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin, while talking to the participants of the seminar, said that the government is so “incompetent” that later this month, a mini-budget is expected — after it reaches an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, as per the media portal.
Notably, on Tuesday night, Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) evolved a broader agreement on the budget 2022-23 to revise upward the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) target and slash the expenditures to achieve a revenue surplus in the next fiscal year. They are expected to reach an agreement soon.
