TTP categorically denies plan to assassinate former PM Imran Khan
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The Pakistani Taliban denied its involvement in the alleged attempt to assassinate ousted prime minister Imran Khan in November last year.
According to sources, by saying this, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is making an allegation that it was the army that attempted to kill Khan. In a statement, the militant outfit said the former prime minister was claiming at his party meetings that TTP militants from North Waziristan had been hired to kill him.
Sources said the TTP’s name as well as Khan’s was being used in a conspiracy by Pakistani secret agencies. The TTP also alleged that the army and secret agencies were creating this propaganda for their vested interests as they had done in the past, sources added.
The outfit also warned political parties to stay away from its war with the military if they wanted to stay safe, sources said. Army chief name of Pakistani establishment: Imran Khan
Khan, meanwhile, said he had made a “blunder” in giving an extension to former army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
“In Pakistan, the establishment is not the name of a man but the army chief is the name of the establishment. We have no contact with the new army chief, General Asim Munir,” he said.
