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Pakistan Army rejects ‘baseless, irresponsible’ allegations by Imran Khan against senior officer


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army has dismissed as “baseless and irresponsible” accusations of former prime minister Imran Khan that one of its senior officers was among those involved in the plot to kill him and demanded that the government conduct an investigation and take legal action against the state institution villains .
The Army’s overnight statement came in response to a speech by Khan from the hospital in which he alleged that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal Naseer were part of the army. malicious plot to assassinate him the same way the former governor of Punjab. Salman Taseer was killed in 2011 by a religious extremist.
Khan, 70, suffered a gunshot wound to his right leg when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others who were sitting on a container truck in the Wazirabad area of ​​Punjab province, where he was leading a raid. march against Shehbaz Sharif. government.
“Four people plotted to kill me. I made a video and named them and took it abroad,” said Khan, president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), adding. that it will be rolled out in case something bad happens. for him.

In response, the Army in a statement said: “The baseless and irresponsible allegations made by the PTI president against the organization and in particular a senior military officer are completely unacceptable. and unacceptable.”
“The baseless allegations made against the organization/official today are deeply regrettable and strongly condemned,” the statement read.
“No one is allowed to smear the organization or its soldiers with impunity. In view of this, the government of Pakistan has been requested to investigate the matter and initiate legal action against those responsible for the defamation and false accusations against the organization and its officials without without any proof,” it said.
According to the statement, the Pakistan Army prides itself on being an extremely professional and well-disciplined organization with a strong and highly effective internal accountability system, which is applied to a comprehensive range of acts. against the law for anything done by uniformed military personnel. If the honor, safety, and credibility of its rank and record are being tarnished by interests secured through frivolous accusations, then “the organization will jealously defend its officers and his soldiers no matter what,” it said.
The powerful military, which has ruled the coup-prone country for more than half of its more than 75 years of existence, has so far wielded considerable power in foreign policy and security matters.
Earlier, Khan repeated the names of three people because they were allegedly involved in the attack. He urged his followers to continue protesting across the country until three of them resign.
Khan also announced that he would soon restart his anti-government march after standing.
Meanwhile, he also claimed that an FIR was not registered as some feared (some names).
The Dawn newspaper reported that the deadlock in FIR registration continued after the head of PTI refused to withdraw the name of a senior military officer from the complaint, who also bears the names of the prime minister and the ministry. interior chief.

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