Pakistan’s outgoing military chief Qamar Javed Bajwa rejected on Wednesday as “faux and false” claims by ousted prime minister Imran Khan {that a} U.S.-backed conspiracy had toppled his authorities, and in addition stated the navy would play no function in nationwide politics in future.
Normal Qamar Javed Bajwa’s feedback got here at one among his farewell addresses on the navy’s headquarters within the garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi, which lies subsequent to the capital Islamabad.
“You suppose that the armed forces would sit idly by if there have been an exterior conspiracy within the nation,” Bajwa stated, referring to Khan’s declare that the parliamentary confidence vote that ousted him in April was a part of a U.S.-backed plot.
The previous premier has additionally alleged that the navy performed a task in his ouster, a cost the military has denied.
“A state of hysteria was created within the nation on the pretext of a faux and false narrative,” the military chief stated about Khan’s primary accusation that Washington supported his removing with the assistance of a neighborhood handler.
America has denied any involvement.
Over the weekend, Khan stated that even when the navy had not been concerned it might nonetheless have saved his authorities.
Khan’s social gathering spokesman Fawad Chaudhry informed Reuters he had no touch upon the military chief’s remarks.
Khan has been main a large protest marketing campaign since his ouster to demand snap polls and, in accordance with political analysts, to place stress on the federal government and the navy to govern the collection of a brand new military chief in his favour.
Bajwa, who is because of retire on Nov. 29, additionally stated on Wednesday that the navy had determined to stop any function in Pakistani politics, although analysts stay sceptical that it’s going to achieve this.
A course of for Bajwa’s substitute has already begun after the navy on Wednesday despatched a listing of the six most senior lieutenant generals to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who will decide one among them within the subsequent couple of days.