"A cruel joke had been played on Pakistan... for the sake of personal gains," Sharif said on being asked by reporters if he held the former army chief retired Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and former spymaster Gen Faiz Hamid responsible for the state of the country.
Pakistan Former Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, as the outgoing army chief of Pakistan had committed to keeping the force away from politics. However, his successor General Asim Munir is doing quite the opposite, Policy Research Group (Poreg) reported.
Khan said that he has no links with the current Pakistan army chief, General Syed Asim Munir and claimed that the general elections will take place in April 2023.
"I hope the serving army chief would ensure transparent general elections. The amount of power that the military has is not possessed by any other institution," the PTI chief said.
Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Manoj Pande on Sunday announced to convert the "Battle Squads" into "Integrated Battle Groups" in an effort towards structuring and optimization of the force.
The Army chief's remarks came almost a month after a clash between Indian and Chinese troops on the LAC in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector on December 9.
The event started with the opening ceremony which concluded "Guard of Honour" to the chief guest of the event, Army chief Gen Manoj Pande. The army chief reviewed the parade ceremony of different troops of the Indian army.
In November last year, Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had taken notice of the "illegal and unwarranted" leakage of tax information of Bajwa's family. "This is clearly a violation of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the law provides," a statement from the Finance Divi
Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande on the occasion of 7th Army Veteran Day on Saturday stated that the army is planning to incorporate more number of empanelled hospitals while the polyclinic budget has been increased.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Anil Chauhan, and the three service chiefs -- Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar -- laid wreaths at the National War Memorial(NWM) on Saturday, on the occasion of Armed Forces Veterans Day.
The military's intervention in Pakistan's politics has been a long-standing tradition, starting from the former army chief General Pervez Musharraf upto the current general Asim Munir. The Pakistan army has had an impact on the rise and fall of political leaders, parties and ultimately the e