{"id":294842,"date":"2022-11-13T02:46:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T21:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=294842"},"modified":"2022-11-13T02:46:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T21:46:17","slug":"dont-seek-my-army-chief-but-one-on-merit-imran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/dont-seek-my-army-chief-but-one-on-merit-imran\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t seek my army chief, but one on merit: Imran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Says It is beyond anyone\u2019s imagination in a civilised society that the country\u2019s important decisions are being taken abroad<br \/>\n ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nPTI Chairman Imran Khan continued criticism at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif in London and talking important decisions abroad.<br \/>\nIn a video speech to the long march protestors in Lala Musa in Punjab, the PTI chief renewed his call for general election, which he termed as the only solution to the political crisis.<br \/>\nKhan said he does not want an army chief of his choice but has been asking for the appointment on merit.<br \/>\nHe said a civilised society does not allow that the country\u2019s key decisions are taken abroad and by those who have been plundering the state\u2019s wealth for the past 30 years. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif held several round of meetings in London on issues including appointment of the new army chief.<br \/>\n\u201cI do not want to appoint an army chief of my choice, but I want the decision regarding the army chief\u2019s appointment to be taken on merit,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nWith Khan\u2019s speech PTI resumed long march from Lala Musa.<br \/>\nEarlier, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan visited Imran Khan at his Lahore residence.<br \/>\nPTI sad Imran Khan reiterated that the only demand he has been raising since the past six months is to announce an early date for free and fair general elections in the country.<br \/>\n\u201cThe only way forward from here is to hold early fair [and] free elections,\u201d said PTI chairman in a meeting with the Kyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says It is beyond anyone\u2019s imagination in a civilised society that the country\u2019s important decisions are being taken abroad ISLAMABAD PTI Chairman Imran Khan continued criticism at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif in London and talking important decisions abroad. 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