Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's open blame game against the military institutions and name-calling Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa for "illegitimately" ousting his government in April this year has crossed all "red-lines" and rendered him an 'enemy' of Rawalpindi.
He made these remarks on the floor of the Pakistan National Assembly, hinting at the formal announcement of the key appointment within the next three days.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Monday ordered a probe into the 'illegal, unwarranted' leak of Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa's family tax records.
The ongoing economic turbulence and the divide between political parties have resulted in Pakistan Army getting a strong grip over the leadership in the South Asian country, Asian Lite reported.
The Prime Minister's Office has not yet confirmed the development. A senior government official had refuted claims that there was a deadlock between the military and civil leadership over the appointment of Pakistan's next Chief of Army Staff.
The tenure of present Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa will end on November 29. However, Pakistan's new army chief will likely be appointed before November 27, as per the Dawn report.
Writing for Fact Focus, Pakistani journalist Ahmad Noorani has unearthed how Bajwa's immediate and extended family members, in a matter of few years, started a new business, became owners of farmhouses in prominent Pakistani cities and bought foreign properties, making billions of dollars in
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be appointing a new army chief in a "day or two" as he believes that further delay over the appointment will not be appropriate.
Senior Congress leader and Punjab's Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa attacked the Bhagwant Mann government for campaigning in Gujarat leaving Punjab at no one's mercy.
This visit to London is the third such trip since he became Prime Minister in April. The Dawn newspaper reported that this visit comes two weeks before the end of Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure on November 29.
Presently, anti-army sentiments are highly visible in Pakistan. People continue to voice their opinion against the military on social media despite accounts being suspended and arrests being made of people accused of planning anti-army campaigns on the internet.