*ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the incumbent unitygovernment will not make any haste in appointment of new Chief of ArmyStaff (COAS) as there are still three months left for the key appointment. *
Speaking to state-owned USA broadcaster VoA, Khawaja Asif said that theformer prime minister Imran Khan has given a controversial remark over theappointment of COAS and he will not be spared over it.
“Scandalizing the appointment of the army chief is not a service to thenation in anyway,” he said.
Sharing details of the process to be followed, Khawaja Asif said that namesforwarded from the army will be put before the members of the coalitiongovernment. “The decision will be taken as per the described rules andregulations,” he said.
The defence minister further denied claims that US drones are taking offfrom Pakistan. “Pakistani land was not used in the drone attack in Kabul,”he said.
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It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Army on Monday termed PTIChairman Imran Khan’s remarkslinkonappointment of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) as ‘unfortunate and disappointing.
The ISPR said in a statementlink that PakistanArmy is aghast at the defamatory and uncalled for statement about thesenior leadership of Pakistan Army by Chairman PTI Imran Khan during apolitical rally at Faisalabad.
