Reacting to his predecessor’s fresh claims of an alleged plot to change the government, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif slammed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, saying his “actions and words” They are disappointing the nation.
“It is only his desperation to return to power permanently even if it involves plunging the country into a long period of instability. His politics are based on lies which are being exposed day by day,” the prime minister said. tweeted.
Imran Niazi's antics & somersaults continue to disappoint the nation. The only constant is his desperation to get back into power even if it involves plunging the country into a protracted period of instability. His politics is based on lies which are getting exposed by the day.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) February 13, 2023
When a no-confidence motion was moved against the PTI chief in April last year, he had claimed that the operation to change the US-backed government in the country was carried out because he wanted to build military bases in Pakistan. Had and wanted to use the country once. Again to fulfill its foreign policy objectives in the region and beyond.
The former prime minister has since repeated this claim during political gatherings and media talks.
But now, PTI chief Imran Khan has changed his stance on the alleged “conspiracy”, saying that former Army Chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa conspired with Prime Minister Shehbaz, which resulted in “Govt. Changed”. Country.
In an interview with Voice of America, he took a step back and said that the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) had close ties with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and had “conspired” which resulted in “change of government”. came”
“Whatever happened, as things stand now, it was not the US that asked Pakistan [to expel me], it is unfortunately, from the evidence that has emerged, General (R) Bajwa. who somehow managed to tell the Americans that I am anti-American. And so this [plan to oust me] was not imported from there but exported from here to there,” the PTI chairman told the US. told the publication.
According to Imran Khan, the “problem” arose when General Bajwa “supported some of the biggest crooks in this country”.
He claimed that the former army chief wanted his government to turn a blind eye to corruption, the “biggest problem”, and work with corrupt leaders, “giving them immunity from their corruption cases”.
Khan said the new military leadership had realized that the “regime change experiment had failed”.
He said that I am sure that the new military leadership has a feeling that this experiment of regime change has gone wrong.
The PTI chief asserted that elected governments should have authority as well as responsibility and if this is not the case, the country’s system fails.
“The main principle of balance [of power] is that an elected government that has responsibility, mandated by the people through their vote, must also have authority,” Khan added.
He said that responsibility and authority cannot be separated and therefore a system cannot work if “the two things are not in the same person”.
“If the authority rests with the army chief, [but] the responsibility rests with the prime minister, no administrative system works.”
