- The response of the army chief comes after the third open letter from Imran Khan.
- Pakistan is on the development path, explains Coas Gen Munir.
- Gen Munir says that Pakistan has progressed, progressing.
The chief of staff of the army, General Asim Munnir, denied having received a letter from the former Prime Minister and founder of the PTI, Imran Khan on Thursday.
Speaking informally to the media and apparently referring to the “open letters” of the former imprisoned Prime Minister, the army chief said that he would not “read [letter] Even if I receive it “.
The army chief argued that he would transmit such communication with the Prime Minister if he receives it.
General Munnir argued that the country progressed satisfactorily and that Pakistan was on the development path.
“Pakistan is going forward and Pakistan must move forward,” added the army chief.
Development only occurred after Khan, who has been behind bars since August 2023, in dozens of cases ranging from corruption to terrorism, wrote a third open letter to General Munnir, according to his lawyer.
In the third letter, the founder of PTI imprisoned reiterated the allegations of election, claiming that the “silver launders” were put in power via manipulated surveys.
“The founder of the PTI, in his letter to the chief of the army, raised the question of giving preference to the minority on the majority by electoral fraud,” said his lawyer Pampehry in a statement.
Earlier, the 71 -year -old cricket player became a politician said that he had written two “open letters” to the army chief on February 3 and 8, “because all the avenues had been obstructed”.
In previous letters, Imran stressed that what he claimed was an increasing distance between the army and the public.
In his letters, the former Prime Minister wrote six points and urged the army to reassess his policy to win the public with reasons and suggestions proposed by Imran to remedy the situation.
The letters were important while the former ruling party put an end to his negotiations with the government led by PML -N last month, in which the PTI had demanded two things – the formation of judicial commissions on the events that were Produced on May 9, 2023 and November 24 -27 as well as the release of “all political prisoners”, including Khan.
In December of last year, the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant-General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said that no desire for the power of political leader should be more important than Pakistan’s interests .
The comments of the ISPR spokesperson came in response to a question about the so-called stolen door discussions between the PTI and the establishment.
“All political parties and leaders are respectable for us. No individual, his policy and his desire to be able are above Pakistan,” he said during a press briefing.
“Letters aim to create a flaw between the army, the public”
The government, on the other hand, reacted earlier to Imran’s decision to write letters to the chief of the army, with the PM adviser on public and political affairs Rana Sanaullah saying that she intended to create Divisions between the army and the public or sow misunderstandings within misunderstandings within the army command.
Sanaullah questioned the origin of Khan’s letters from prison, asking: “Where do these letters come from?” If he wants to engage in a political struggle, he should do it in Parliament. »»
Meanwhile, the senator of PML-N Irfan Siddiqui said that Khan’s letter to Gen Asim Munnir was proof of “despair and frustration” of the first.
