Times of Islamabad

PM Shahbaz Sharif makes important statement over extension given to COAS Bajwa by former PM Imran Khan

PM Shahbaz Sharif makes important statement over extension given to COAS Bajwa by former PM Imran Khan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday termed former prime minister andPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as a threat to thecountry’s national fabric.

He asked if Imran Khan had consulted him, when Shehbaz was the oppositionleader, over giving an extension to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) GeneralQamar Javed Bajwa.

He also stated that Imran’s resignation from the parliament had yet to beaccepted so he was welcome to return to the lower house like any othermember of national assembly.

He said this while addressing a news conference in Islamabad afterreturning from over a week of trips to two global summits.

The prime minister said that Pakistan as come out of global isolationfollowing a fortnight spent abroad rubbing shoulders with global leadersand building goodwill.

Shehbaz detailed his meetings with global leaders, first at the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan and then at the UnitedNations General Assembly high-level event in New York.