India helping Nawaz to weaken Pakistan’s army: PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan today (Thursday) has asserted that he was 100 percent sure that India was helping the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif to weaken the army.

“This is a dangerous game Nawaz is playing; Altaf Hussain played the same game,” he said while talking to a private news channel. PM Imran said, “Whose interest is it that our army weakens? Our enemies,” he added.

“India has become a security issue,” he added. “We know India sponsors terrorism in Pakistan but since we were aiming to bring peace because we wanted to lift our economy, the army stood by me.”

The Prime Minister further said that the military could not be cursed due to the mistakes made by some dictators. “If a dictator made mistakes will we always call the army bad? If Justice Munir gave a wrong decision will we call the judiciary bad?” he added.

He said that if a democratically elected government is performing poorly, it does not mean martial law should be imposed; it means the government should be improved.

“If a judge gives a wrong decision, it means the judiciary has to evolve. The army has evolved as well,” he claimed. He also said that the military had stood by his decisions regarding relations with India and the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor.

The premier also said that contemporary civil-military relations are the best in history because all institutions are working in their spheres.

Commenting on PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PM Imran said that he (Nawaz) was never a democratic man, and entered politics through the army’s support. “Now, Nawaz has become a super democrat,” he added.

“Nawaz Sharif had problems with various former army chiefs and Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, whom he himself appointed,” he said, adding that he has problems with the army because they come to steal and our world-class agencies detect their theft.

Talking about Nawaz’s claim that ex-ISI chief Zaheerul Islam asked him to resign, PM Imran said, “You were the prime minister, how does he have the courage to say that to you?”

“If someone asks that to me, I will demand his resignation. I am the democratically elected prime minister; who can dare to tell me to step down?” he remarked.