• The ex-PM message accuses ISPR of building a ‘false narrative’, calls the upper brass to reconsider its policies
• Coas denies obtaining correspondence, he says he will send it to PM if received
Islamabad: While the founder of PTI imprisoned Imran Khan seems determined to communicate with the maximum military brass, the army head indicated Thursday that he would not get involved with such correspondence, but he would prefer to forward him to the prime minister.
On Thursday, the content of a third open letter allegedly addressed to the Army Chief, Gen also Munir, on behalf of Mr. Khan was shared in the official X account of the former prime minister.
However, the full text of the Chart To the powers that is.
When asked why a draft of the so -called open letter had not been shared with the media, as was the case with recent letters written to an IMF delegation and the president of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he said information privileged to the party. Sunrise that the letter to the army chief “does not exist.”
“Imran Khan has been behind bars for 20 months and cannot sign any document. Mr. Khan’s lawyer revealed the content of the message outside the Adiala prison and that is what was shared on social networks, ”said the source.
In the content shared in the X account of the founder of PTI (previously Twitter), to which he personally has no access while in prison, Mr. Khan accused public relations between services to build a false narrative, which he was “Bringing bad fame forces.”
“Repeating again and again that the army does not interfere with politics insults the intelligence of the nation,” said the post in Mr. Khan’s x account, adding that each child in the country knows that the head of the army effectively directs The country.
The last message posted on behalf of the PTI leader declared that he did not seek any concession for himself, but was concerned with restoring the reputation of the Pakistan army. By stating that the Gulf between the people and the armed forces was expanding, the message said that democracy has been derailled in Pakistan.
The message recalled that it was the establishment that once had told the nation that the ruling elite was involved in corruption, but regretted how “the rejected faces had been imposed on the nation through manipulated elections.”
Efforts are being made to paint cases against the Sharif and Asif Zardari family as politically motivated, but the fact is that NAB initiated those cases, he said. The former ISI chief, GEN EHTESHAM ZAMIR, and former President Farooq Leghari provided files containing corruption evidence in these cases, according to the message, which were presented long before the possession of the PTI.
The only case presented under the PTI rule was the case of Ramazan Sugar Mills against Shehbaz Sharif, which has also been closed, he said, regretting that the same faces would have been imposed again to Pakistan after being cleaned.
The message of former imprisoned prime minister also said that after the PTI government was expelled, democracy was derailed by the imposition of a false government, while the Constitution was raped and the symbol of the party was taken from PTI.
While everyone has been progressing, Pakistan has been moving in the opposite direction, the message of the founder of PTI said, adding that these problems can only be solved by the true representatives of the people.
Mr. Khan’s message also criticized the 26th amendment, claiming that the selected judges were being appointed, which led to a collapse of justice.
The message asked the establishment to reconsider its policies to “avoid more damage to the institution.”
Army Chief Response
Meanwhile, during an informal interaction with the media during a state banquet held in honor to visit the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, head of the Army personnel, the general also Munir, denied having received any correspondence.
Although he did not appoint the PTI or Imran Khan, the Army Chief said he would send such letters to the prime minister.
In their brief comments, COA said: “Pakistan is advancing and must move forward.”
This is the second time that the establishment has denied having received any correspondence from the founder of PTI. The party has previously affirmed to have sent two open cards to the Army Chief, which were also involved in controversy.
Security sources had denied the reception of the first letter supposed to the Army Chief, whose content was disclosed to the media. Similarly, a second letter of this type also did not see daylight; On the other hand, only their outstanding characteristics were shared in the mango of the social networks of the former PM.
When asked if the letter supposedly sent to the Chief of the Army existed physically or not, a source aware of the development told Dawn under anonymity that it was not possible for anyone to write a letter that contains accusations against the establishment in the name of Imran Khan to the Army Chief.
However, the source said that the fact that the Army Chief had appeared to talk about the letter was “a success for Imran Khan”, as a previous response was given through security sources.
Posted in Dawn, February 14, 2025
