LAHORE
\nPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Thursday claimed the homecoming of Suleman Shehbaz, son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, was a part of the \u201cNational Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) II\u201d.
\nSuleman is set to return to Pakistan after ending his exile of over four years in London. Moreover, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier today ordered the PM\u2019s son to surrender before it on December 13 and barred authorities from arresting him till then.
\nTalking to journalists at his residence in Zaman Park, Khan said the new army chief should not carry his predecessor\u2019s policies forward.
\n\u201cI never called former army chief, General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, \u2018boss\u2019 as I was the prime minister then,\u201d Khan said.
\nGen Bajwa on November 29 handed over the command of the Pakistan Army to his successor Gen Asim Munir. With the change of command, Gen Munir has become the 17th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) when Gen Bajwa handed over the baton to him.
\nKhan said he never wanted to appoint Lt General Faiz Hameed as chief of the army staff. \u201cA propaganda was launched against him.\u201d
\nOn the audio leaks, Khan said those clips were leaked as part of a plan.
\nEarlier in the day, another audio clip emerged but this time of Imran Khan\u2019s wife Bushra Bibi and former special assistant to prime minister Zulfi Bukhari\u2019s conversation about the sale of the expensive wristwatches gifted to the former premier by world leaders.
\nKhan selling his Toshakhana gifts has become a hotly-debated topic in Pakistani politics recently. The most expensive of them all was a bejewelled MasterGraff wristwatch that was gifted to the PTI chief when he was the premier of Pakistan by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
\nMoving ahead, Khan said Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi had reposed all of his trust in him.
\n\u201cThey (Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam) will do whatever I want,\u201d the PTI chief said.
\n\u201cNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) has been a subordinate to the establishment before and has been laying hands only on the weak,\u201d Khan said replying to a question and adding: \u201cNo society can be empowered without justice\u201d.
\nHe said when his party came to power the country was in the grips of many mafias, but the PTI government could not crack down on them, adding two families subverted the state institutions. \u201cInstitutions became habitual of martial laws,\u201d Khan said.
\nOn December 2, Khan urged the government to hold talks to decide a date for an early election to end an impasse that has stoked political instability since his ousting in April.
\nThe 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been leading a countrywide agitation, demanding an early election following his removal in a parliamentary vote led by his united opposition.
\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who replaced Khan, has rejected the demand for the snap polls, saying that the election will be held as scheduled later next year.
\nKhan has lately threatened to dissolve parliaments in two provinces, which are ruled by his party and coalition partners.
\n\u201cEither sit with us and talk as to when the next elections should be held, or else we will dissolve the assemblies,\u201d Khan said in an address to his party members telecast live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Thursday claimed the homecoming of Suleman Shehbaz, son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, was a part of the \u201cNational Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) II\u201d. Suleman is set to return to Pakistan after ending his exile of over four years in London. Moreover, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-300074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n