MULTAN – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmidenounced the role played by the military establishment in the politicalarena, in blunt remarks, calling the armed forces to respect the civiliangovernment and comply with the directives of the parliament.
Addressing a press conference in Multan, Hashmi expressed he salutes thearmed forces but hastened to add that it was his right to question them.
Stressing that the armed forces must understand their role in a democraticsystem, the veteran politician slated top generals and said that Pakistanlost five wars to India due to poor strategy of adventuresome generals.
“80 percent generals wrote in their books that all the five wars werelaunched by Pakistan and Pakistan lost them all too,” claimed thepolitician.
Hashmi also drew a comparison between the armed forces of Turkey andPakistan, saying the former enjoyed upper hand in the country as itrendered sacrifices.
“Army is not our mother or father. Instead, Pakistan and parliament are ourfather and mother,” he asserted.
In a direct reference to the establishment, the PML-N leader said thatconspiracies were hatched to oust Nawaz during his stint, for which he wasa living proof.
The PML-N leader also endorsed former PM Nawaz’s controversial comments onthe 2008 Mumbai attacks saying that “Nawaz has uttered nothing but thetruth.”
“If the registration of high treason case is due against Nawaz Sharif, thenfirst it should be lodged against ex-president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf.I am a great fan of Pakistan Army and appeal them to play their role inpreventing character assassination campaign of the politicians,” heasserted.
The senior politician continued that a biased narrative was to victimiseand defame the politicians and political parties, particularly in thePunjab, but warned that its repercussions would bring about disastrousresults.
Echoing the remarks made by Nawaz Sharif, Hashmi demanded to constitute anational commission to probe the facts.