Imran Khan worried about losing army’s support: Bilawal Bhutto

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that PTI chairman Imran Khan is not against army’s interference in politics, but the former prime minister is upset with the army only because it is no longer supporting him.

Bilawal, who also serves as the PPP chairman, said during an interview with Al Jazeera that Khan’s problems with the Pakistan Army began in April last year, when he announced that he would not join politics and Will not take sides

Khan’s issue with the army in Pakistan is not that they are involved in politics, his problem with the army is that they are not joining to support him, reports the Express Tribune.

He said that the role of the army in the country’s politics cannot be denied. More than half of our history has been covered by military rule. My party, PPP, has challenged every single dictatorship in the history of Pakistan.

Bilawal said that Imran has supported every dictatorship in Pakistan, including the last dictatorship of former President Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. Khan’s political history is that he has supported every dictator and he has supported every autocrat in the history of Pakistan.

The External Affairs Minister said that Imran Khan’s rise to power in 2018 is well documented. It is an established fact that he was brought to power through a rigged election with the connivance of some ex-officers of the Pakistan Army.

He said most Pakistanis were deeply hurt by the May 9 crackdown, where Khan encouraged his supporters to attack army installations.

The Corp Commander’s House in Lahore, the GHQ (General Headquarters) in Rawalpindi and several military installations were targeted.

This type of attack has never been carried out by any political party in the history of Pakistan and now those who were involved in these attacks on our military establishments will have to face the consequences of the law of the land, reports Express Tribune.