Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said on Sunday that he will be the first one to defend General Qamar Javed Bajwa (retired) if he is unduly criticised by anyone in the future, Aaj News reported.
Elahi's statement comes a day after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced to dissolve Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies on Friday, with CM Punjab and CM KP beside him.
During an interview with ARY News, which will be aired later tonight, Parvez Elahi referred to Imran Khan's criticism of former army chief General Qamar Bajwa (retd) in Saturday's address to party workers.
“I felt very bad when Imran Khan spoke against Gen Bajwa (retd) while having me seated beside him,” Parvez said adding that the former army chief was a "benefactor" and nothing should be said against benefactors.
“Gen Bajwa gave many favours to the PTI government, therefore, the favours shouldn't be forgotten,” the Punjab CM reminded the PTI chief.
He said that they are allies of PTI instead of opponents but they can't forget the favours of their "benefactors".
Elahi said that former spymaster General Faiz Hamid [retd] was against his party. “HE committed many abuses and tried to send us behind bars. He was against us,” Parvez noted.
The Punjab chief minister said that once Imran Khan did not even allow former federal minister Moonis Elahi to sit with him [in the federal cabinet] but Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) backed Imran “when he needed us the most.”
Gen Bajwa behind regime change
During his address on Saturday, former premier Imran Khan spoke in detail about his government's ouster via a no-confidence motion earlier this year.
“My question today is, who was responsible for this regime change? Only one man is responsible: General Bajwa," he said.
"I didn’t speak out against him because he was the army chief. We want our army to be strong so we kept quiet and kept looking at how the conspiracy happened.”
He said the former army chief had “decided to remove his government," alleging that General Qamar Javed Bajwa (retired) gave "NRO 2" to the ruling coalition.
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