Senior journalists and bureaucrats recently sat down with General (retd)Qamar Javed Bajwalinkfora lengthy and frank conversation in which he admitted that former primeminister Nawaz Sharif was ousted by the military establishment.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, his governance andother matters including his relationship with the establishment also cameunder the discussion during the candid meeting, it has been reported inlocal media.
General Bajwa said that the best relationship of his career was with NawazSharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
“Nawaz Sharif trusted me so much that he assigned me the duty ofstrengthening relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE),” said theformer army chief.
In response to some questions, Gen (r) Bajwa quietly acknowledged thatNawaz Sharif was ousted by the military establishment.
According to 24 News the former top general criticised the Pakistanibureaucracy as well as some of the policies of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
“The Chinese themselves came to meet me and complained that they cannotwork with your bureaucracy. They deliberately create problems andcomplications for us,” Bajwa claimed.
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Talking about Imran Khan’s visit to Russia, former army chief said: “When Icame to the meeting, the entire cabinet including Asad Umar said in unisonthat there should be a visit to Russia. Since we don’t do any business withRussia and it doesn’t support us in international forums, I also concurred.”
On the contrary, Gen (r) Bajwa said, Russian President Putin used ImranKhan. He had waged a war on Ukraine, and through Imran Khan’s visit, Putingave an impression to the world that Pakistan was with Russia,” he stated.
The former military commander termed the cipher conspiracy and the“absolutely not” narrative a blatant lie and bogus propaganda and said suchpolitical stunts had caused great damage to Pakistan.
“Now, Imran Khan is presenting another lie that he was the prime minister,and the army was controlling the country. [But] Imran Khan used to make allthe choices himself. He selected incompetent and useless people who did nothave the capacity to deliver,” he added.
