ISLAMABAD
Following the conviction of former Inter-Services Intelligence director general (ISI DG) Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hamid, certain political and media circles have begun speculating about the possibility of legal action against former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa. However, informed sources have dismissed such claims, stating that there is neither any probe nor any proceeding underway against Gen (retd) Bajwa.
Sources said the gossip being circulated in some quarters is baseless. According to them, the military accountability process that culminated in the conviction of former spymaster was strictly evidence-based and confined to his individual actions, with no material linking the former army chief to the case. Instead, sources indicate that after the army concluded the accountability process against one of its own senior officers, expectations are growing that accountability could extend beyond the military domain.
Judges, bureaucrats, politicians and even media persons who allegedly played roles in the past political engineering or overstepped constitutional and legal limits may come under scrutiny in the days to come.
A similar position had earlier been conveyed by the military spokesperson. In a last year press conference, the ISPR DG, while responding to questions arising from ex-ISI chief’s arrest and court martial proceedings, made it clear that the military accountability system is transparent and does not operate on allegations or assumptions, but on solid evidence.
