Referring to the claim reportedly made by Nawaz that ex-ISI chief ZaheerulIslam had called him to ask him to resign, PM Imran Khan in his interviewwith private TV News Channelsaid: “You were the prime minister, [how] does he have the courage to saythat to you?
“If someone tells that to me, I will demand his resignation. I am thedemocratically elected prime minister; who can dare to tell me to stepdown?”
Prime Minister Imran said in a democratic system, a person’s moralauthority is what counts.
“[Nawaz] has no moral authority. When he had a two-thirds majority, hetried to become *Ameerul Momineen* … Why don’t I want to become the same?”
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He said in security matters the army has the biggest say in any country inthe world.
“India has become a security issue,” he added. “We know India sponsorsterrorism in Pakistan but since we were aiming to bring peace because wewanted to lift our economy, the army stood by me.”