Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan asked the army to refrain from any "political engineering" in the national elections that are expected to be held later this year. The comments were made by Imran Khan in his party- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's- women convention in Karachi.
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Addressing the meeting via a video conference, Imran Khan attacked former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, blaming him for his ouster. Imran Khan also expressed fears that political engineering could be carried out in the next general elections to weaken his party.
"The military establishment has not learned anything from its past mistakes as political engineering is being carried out to hurt my party for the future elections," Imran Khan said.
"Our establishment has already done so much damage to the country... but still it is not ready to learn anything from the past," he added. He also urged the new army chief Gen Asim Munir to remain neutral, claiming that the former army chief is "responsible for the crisis in the country".
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{{/usCountry}}"This man pushed Pakistan into crisis. I had told him (before the ouster of my government in April last) that weakening the PTI government would not be in the interest of the country. Bajwa ruined Pakistan’s political and economic gains," Imran Khan said.
Earlier, he had accused General Bajwa- who retired in November after getting a three-year extension in 2019 by the then prime minister Imran Khan- of playing a "double game" against his government. He also said that he committed a "big mistake" by extending the tenure of the then military chief.