Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan called the party’s criticism of the military establishment “constructive” in a speech marking the start of the PTI’s long march on Friday.
Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, described the party’s criticism of the military establishment as “productive” as he kicked off the PTI’s long march on Friday.
In reaction to yesterday’s press conference, the former premier addressed the director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency and said, “Our criticism is for your own benefit.”
Imran claimed that, in contrast to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, he was “not a runaway who would either sit quietly here [in Pakistan] or criticise the military in London.” Imran was speaking to applauding crowds at Liberty Chowk.
“I won’t be leaving the nation. I’ll spend my entire life here “said the head of PTI.
I want to see a free Pakistan, and you need a strong military to have a free country, the speaker continued, adding that “if your military is weak, then the country loses its freedom.”
Imran remarked, “We don’t want to hurt our country, so DG ISI sir, when we criticise you, we do constructive criticism; we do it for your own good.”
“I could say a lot more, and I could even respond to you back, he said. However, I do not want to see the country’s institutions weakened “.
Azam Swati, the party leader who was recently detained by the Federal Investigation Authority’s (FIA) cybercrime branch on October 13 for making “controversial assertions” about state institutions, including the army chief, was later mentioned by the PTI head as having been tortured.
Imran alleged that the military officers’ “facilitators” had “first illegally taken up Azam [Swati], then beat him up in front of his grandchildren.” Imran continued, “He was tortured and stripped naked; earlier, Shehbaz Gill was picked up in the same way.
