PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Tuesday slammed PTI Chairman Imran Khan, saying that the only aim for holding the long march was to restrict the incumbent government from appointing the next army chief, media reports said.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Imran Khan contacted the government last month for discussing two matters one of them being the appointment of the army chief. However, the Premier refused to discuss it with him, The News reported.
The extended term of army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa will come to an end on November 29 and the coalition government has time and again stressed that his successor will be appointed in due course and in line with the Constitution.
"Imran Khan's 22-year political struggle revolves around General Musharraf, Pasha, Zaheer ul Islam, and those whom he calls his eyes and ears," Maryam Nawaz told a press conference in London, The News reported.
She said Imran Khan depends on the establishment to support him, but his plans will fail as in line with the Constitution and the law, PM Shehbaz Sharif will appoint the next army chief "peacefully".
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"Khan has nothing to do with the appointment. His last card has also failed. People did not partake in the long march, and why would the sons and daughters come to the march? Your children are sitting peacefully outside, so why should the sons of the soil come out to support you?"
Will beat Nawaz Sharif in his own constituency, says Imran Khan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson Imran Khan vowed on Tuesday to defeat PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif in "his own constituency" as the party resumed its 'Haqeeqi Azadi March' on Day 5 from Gujranwala, media reports said."Nawaz Sharif, I challenge you, when you come back, I will beat you in your own constituency," said Imran Khan in his first speech of the day, Express Tribune reported.
He also warned the former three-time premier that when he returns to Pakistan, "we will take you to Adiala jail from the airport".
Imran Khan also took aim at former President Asif Ali Zardari and said he should "get ready" for his arrival in Sindh - the traditional bastion of his PPP, Express News reported.
Adding that the people of Sindh "need freedom the most", he warned Zardari that he is "coming after" him in Sindh.
The PTI Chairperson reiterated that the time of "true freedom" had arrived and told the march participants that "we will attain it through justice and will fight for the supremacy of law and justice".
"This system cannot continue and we will have to change it," he told the march participants. "When it is asked who will save Pakistan, the answer is not Imran Khan. It will be you who will save Pakistan and set it free," he said, Express Tribune reported.
