KARAK – Ousted prime minister Imran Khan reiterated on Sunday that hewanted army chief’s appointed on merit.
Speaking to a public gathering in the tribal area of Karak in KhyberPakhtunkhwa, the former prime minister responded to Foreign MinisterBilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s comment that Khan wanted to “appoint an army chiefof his choice”.
Replying to Bilawal remarks, Khan said: “They say Imran Khan wanted toappoint the army chief of his choice. Let me make it clear that I do notwant an army chief [of my choice]. All I care about is a merit-basedappointment.”
Criticising the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership, Khan saidPML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz was “incapable of telling the truth”. Heonce again accused her of keeping nepotism above national interest. “Maryamwants to import power plant machinery from India for her son-in-law,” hesaid, referring to a leaked conversation allegedly between Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif and a senior government official that went viral on socialmedia over the weekend.
The audio allegedly featured Sharif talking to an unidentified person aboutthe import of a power plant from India as requested by Maryam Nawaz onbehalf of her son-in-law.
“Our government had stopped trade with India because it broke internationallaw and ended the special status of Kashmir,” Khan said, adding that PDMleaders came to power to enjoy “personal benefits”.
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“The only reason for them to come to power is to continue with theircorrupt practices. Whenever these people came to power, the debts of thecountry increased,” he alleged.
Censuring the PML-N leadership, Khan said Nawaz Sharif’s sons live inhouses worth billions of rupees in the most expensive area of London.
“Even the prime minister of Great Britain cannot live in a house whereHassan Nawaz lives because it costs Rs10 billion,” he said. “And whenquestioned about where he acquired so much wealth from, Hassan said he wasnot answerable because he was not a Pakistani citizen,” he said.
