{"id":294988,"date":"2022-11-14T08:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T03:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=294988"},"modified":"2022-11-14T08:47:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T03:47:06","slug":"polls-more-important-than-coas-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/polls-more-important-than-coas-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Polls more important than COAS appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE<br \/>\nA senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Fawad Chaudhry has said the general elections are more important than the appointment of the new army chief.<br \/>\nSpeaking to reporters in Lahore, Chaudhry said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) are making the process of the next army chief\u2019s appointment \u201ccontroversial\u201d.<br \/>\nHe noted that appointments in institutions should be implemented in a constitutional manner. He blamed the PML-N and PPP for making them controversial.<br \/>\nHe said it is necessary to \u201cpreserve and protect\u201d the country\u2019s institutions.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have a clear policy that we do not want bloodshed. Women and children also participate in our protest,\u201d he said, adding that his party wants constitutional change in the country.<br \/>\nFawad Chaudhry further said that political stability can only be witnessed after \u2018free and fair\u2019 elections and not after a new army chief is appointed. Earlier, PTI Chairman Imran Khan told participants of the long march that he does not want to appoint Chief of Army Staff (COAS), reiterating that the army chief should be appointed on merit.<br \/>\nThe former premier noted that allegations were levelled against him for making the appointment of army chief controversial. Imran Khan also criticised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N leaders for holding a meeting in London to make the important decision about the army chief\u2019s appointment.<br \/>\nDefence Minister Khawaja Asif says consultations were held on the appointment of the new aramy chief between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE A senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Fawad Chaudhry has said the general elections are more important than the appointment of the new army chief. Speaking to reporters in Lahore, Chaudhry said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) are making the process of the next army chief\u2019s appointment \u201ccontroversial\u201d. 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