ISLAMABAD: Amid rumours of rift between civil and military, Prime MinisterImran Khan makes stunning remarks about COAS General Qamar Bajwa, mediareport has revealed.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that he had found Chief of ArmyStaff General Bajwa to be a very balanced personality who was fullycommitted to democracy, and that the decision to give an extension to thegeneral had been taken as early as last year.
The prime minister was talking to senior journalist and analyst of JangGroup, Irshad Bhatti, in an informal discussion.
Revealing details of that discussion to Geo News host Shahzeb Khanzada,Bhatti said that PM Imran found the speculation surrounding the extensionof COAS as “very strange”.
Imran Khan said that he, at the very outset of assuming the PM Office, haddecided that Gen Bajwa would be offered an extension.
The premier further said that the army chief’s adherence to democracy waspraiseworthy, adding that Gen Bajwa was the best army chief.
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Bhatti quoted the prime minister as saying that Gen Bajwa had supported thegovernment all the way on the Kartarpur initiative, parleys with the WhiteHouse, and in dialogue with the Middle Eastern neighbours and addressingthe economic situation.
The prime minister maintained that without Gen Bajwa, the government wouldnot have made strides on the domestic and external fronts. PM Imran alsonoted that he was proud of the COAS as the decorated military man was ablue-blooded soldier.
Bhatti told Khanzada that during the interview, the prime minister lookedvery relaxed and confident.
PM Imran also had interesting answers when asked about the sarcasticremarks he had recently made against PML-N supremo Shehbaz Sharif and PPPChairperson Bilawal Bhutto.
