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Army ‘AghAst’ At ImrAn KhAn’s ‘defAmAtory’ AllegAtIons on CoAs AppoIntment: Ispr RAWALPINDI
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he Pakistan Army is ‘aghast’ at the ‘defamatory and uncalled for statement’ by Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan re-
garding the institution’s senior leadership, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday. The military’s strong exception comes a day after the former premier, during a public gathering on Sunday, fired a broadside at his political rivals, al-
leging that Nawaz and Zardari wanted to appoint an army chief of their own choice because a “strong and patriotic army chief” would question their “loot”. According to the military’s media wing, a “regrettable” attempt was made to “discredit and undermine senior leadership” of
the army at a time when “the institution is laying [down] lives for the security and safety of the people of Pakistan”. The ISPR statement further said that it was “most unfortunate and disappointing” when senior politicians try to stir up controversies regarding the appointment of the chief of army
staff, “the procedure for which is well defined in the Constitution”. “The senior leadership of [the] army has decades-long impeccable meritorious service to prove its patriotic and professional credentials beyond any doubt,” it added. The statement maintained that the politicizing of the senior leadership of the army and scandalizing of the process of selection of army chief was not in the interest of Pakistan nor of the institution. “The Pakistan Army reiterates its commitment to uphold the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” the statement added.
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