PTI Chairman and Former Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed that President Arif Alvi met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss immediate and transparent elections.
Earlier Finance Minister called on President Arif Alvi at Aiwan-e-Sadr, where both officials discussed the ongoing financial and economical situation of the country.
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President Alvi said that he will follow through on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s advice regarding the high-level appointment and he could not create hurdles in the much-anticipated process. According to the sources Imran Khan made the claim during an informal discussion with senior journalists in Lahore, where he also spoke regarding the army chief’s appointment.
Imran Khan said, “Appointment of the chief of the armed forces should be done like that of the Supreme Court’s chief justice”.
The PTI chairman also added that the incumbent government is making proposed amendments to the Army Act for its own benefit. Speaking to his party’s long march as it moves ahead in Punjab’s Gujar Khan, Imran Khan said that his doctors will examine him tomorrow and give their opinion accordingly.
“I will lead the long march myself from Rawalpindi,” the PTI chief said, according to sources.
Commenting on his attacker being presented in the court a day earlier, as per sources, the PTI chairman said: “Prime suspect of the Wazirabad attack was produced in the court after 14 days. I’m afraid that the evidence will be lost in these 14 days.”
Imran Khan, when commenting about his party’s relations with the PML-Q, said that the “Q league is our ally. We have an excellent alliance with [Chief Minister Punjab] Pervaiz Elahi.”
Imran Khan said that the biggest hurdle in the registration of the first information report (FIR) in relation to his attempted assassination was the former Inspector-General of Police in Punjab Faisal Shahkar. The former prime minister, as informed by sources, also spoke about the use of electronic voting machines in general elections.
“I tried hard to stop rigging through EVMs in the elections. Nawaz [Sharif], [Asif Ali] Zardari, Election Commission [of Pakistan], and the handlers were on the same page on the matter of EVM,” the PTI chairman said, as told by sources.
Responding to a question about the possibility of becoming the next prime minister, PTI Chief Imran Khan said that he will only become the premier if he gets complete powers.
“It cannot be that one person has authority and someone else has the responsibility,” the former premier said, sources informed.
