Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday claimed that former Prime Minister Imran Khan never made any request to meet Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir either personally or through his representatives. of
The former information minister tweeted that ‘Chairman Imran Khan never made any request to meet the Army Chief or any of his representatives, similarly the President also took any suggestion of the Army Chief to the Chairman PTI to meet Shehbaz Sharif. Never contacted, speculations in this regard are baseless’.
Chairman Imran Khan has never made any request to meet Army chief or any of his representatives likewise President has never approached Chairman PTI with any suggestion of Army Chief for meeting Shahbaz Sharif, speculations in this regard are baseless
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 7, 2023
The tweet came in response to claims by journalist Kamran Khan that the army chief had said in a meeting with business leaders that he was trying to ensure that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Imran Khan Meet each other to solve the national crisis.
The journalist also claimed that Khan was only insisting on meeting the army chief.
عمران خانصاحب سیاسی مخالفین سے مذاکرات سے انکار نہ کل درست تھا نہ آج درست جنرل عاصم منیر نے کل بزنس لیڈرشپ سے کہا وہ چاہتے ہیں ملکی مسائل حل کے لئیے عمران خان شہباز شریف بات چیت ہو صدر عارف علوی بھی مزاکراتی حل کے لئے کوشاں ہیں آپ کی ضد سے نہ کل آپکا فائدہ ہویا نہ آئندہ ہوگا pic.twitter.com/N2uoPWap3X
— Kamran Khan (@AajKamranKhan) March 7, 2023
Fawad’s tweet contradicts what PTI chief Imran Khan said in a recent speech.
The Chairman of PTI had indicated his willingness to meet the Army Chief in a conversation with the journalists last week.
In the conversation, the PTI chairman expressed his concern over the “enemy-like treatment” of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir.
The PTI chief said that the establishment does not understand what politics is.
He further said that he has “no fight with the establishment” and is ready to talk to the establishment for the betterment of the country.
“However, if someone thinks I’m going to kneel before them, it can’t be. If someone isn’t interested in talking, I can’t help them.
