ISLAMABAD: Former Army Chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa has a lot to say about Imran Khan, his rise and rise in politics and how he ran his government.
Sources close to General (retd) Bajwa said that the recently retired former army chief could not publicly respond to the PTI chairman’s allegations due to some code of conduct, but it is insisted that Khan Bajwa What I say is wrong.
General (retd) Bajwa is now the center of attention of Imran Khan who not only blames the former army chief for all his failures in government but also alleges that the general ousted his government as part of an American conspiracy.
While Imran Khan says that it was General (R) Bajwa who was controlling the NAB and deciding the arrest and release of politicians, the other side insists that Imran Khan during his prime ministership was the leader of his opposition. Ley was paranoid and wanted to see all his main opponents behind bars.
These sources say that when General (R) Bajwa speaks, he will have no different story to tell than the one that former DG FIA Bashir Memon planted on the then Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Like Bashir Memon, who alleged that the then prime minister had pressed for the arrest of his opponents, according to sources, the former prime minister was also asking General (r) Bajwa to arrest several opposition politicians of the time. were
Sources said that when General (r) Bajwa asked how he could do this, Khan referred to General (r) Musharraf and his fashion of dealing with his political opponents during his rule. General (retd) Bajwa had allegedly told Imran that Musharraf was a dictator. General (R) Bajwa asked Khan to order whatever he wanted in writing. However, Khan did not.
These sources alleged that NAB was controlled by the then Prime Minister through Barrister Shahzad Akbar and a key spy. These sources claimed that when the new DGISI met the then Prime Minister Imran Khan, the latter asked the top spy about Pakistan’s major problem. Khan was told, according to these sources, “it’s the economy”. But Khan replied “No, it’s the opposition”.
At one point, in the presence of several PTI ministers, sources close to the retired general said, the former army chief allegedly scolded Imran Khan against wanting to fix all his opponents as well as many of his own party leaders. warned However, these sources confirm that General (R) Bajwa has been advising the former prime minister to focus on the economy rather than his opposition.
During his rule, Imran Khan himself has been heard complaining about the fear of NAB and its negative impact on the economy and civilian bureaucracy. But his desire to fix the opposition did not allow him to reform NAB.
General (retd) Bajwa is largely credited with overseeing what is commonly referred to as the “Imran Khan Project”.
Khan’s opponents and many media observers allege that the establishment started supporting Imran Khan nearly a decade ago.
PTI’s 2014 sit-in was also allegedly part of Imran Khan’s plan, which reportedly saw its peak in 2017 and 2018. The 2018 elections were widely considered “managed” and “engineered” in favor of Imran Khan.
Under Imran Khan, the establishment supported him like never before and as Prime Minister, Khan repeatedly acknowledged this and hailed General (r) Bajwa as the best Army Chief ever. .
Khan gave General (r) Bajwa a three-year extension, offered another extension in March this year to save his government, and later suggested in October 2022 that General (r) Bajwa be re-elected in the next general elections. The work should be allowed to continue till the holding of Newly elected government.
General (retd) Bajwa admitted shortly before his retirement that the establishment had made mistakes in the past. He revealed that the Army as an institution had decided to become apolitical in February 2021.
