Imran Khan writes to President Alvi; demands probe against Gen (retd) Bajwa

Islamabad: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan Thursday, in a letter, asked President Arif Alvi to order an inquiry against former chief of army staff (COAS) General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa.  

As per the letter, the former prime minister asked President Arif Alvi to order an inquiry against Qamar Javed Bajwa for his ‘alleged violation of oath and the Constitution of Pakistan’.

The PTI leader shared the letter publicly on party's official Twitter handle. 

“Some very disturbing information has now come into the public domain whereby it is clear that Gen retd Bajwa as COAS violated his oath of office repeatedly,” the letter stated. 

Khan alleged that the former army chief committed violations. 

The PTI chairman referred to a column published in a newspaper in which startling revelations about Imran Khan’s government were made attributing General (retd) Bajwa.

“He has admitted to a journalist that ‘we’ (and it would be critical to ascertain from him who was the ‘we’ in reference to) considered Imran Khan dangerous to the country if he continued to stay in power,” Khan stated. 

He further added that the question that arises is who gave him the power to decide that an elected Prime Minister was supposedly a danger to the country.   

“Taking such a right on himself is in clear violation of his oath as given in Third Schedule Article 244 of the Constitution,” he stressed.

In letter’s second paragraph, the PTI chief wrote: “Regardless of the merits of his claims in this case, he has also admitted he managed to get NAB case against Shaukat Tarin dismissed revealing that NAB was under his control — again a clear violation of the Constitutional oath because the army itself is a department under the Ministry of Defence and civilian official autonomous institutions do not come military control”.

He further added, “He did this at an international conference in Islamabad on 2 April 2022 — the Islamabad Security Conference. I would like to point out that the govt policy was arrived at after developing a consensus of all stakeholders including MOFA and retired diplomats who had the relevant experience and were area specialists”

“I would also point out that Chapter II of the Constitution describes the mandate of the Armed Forces and specifically refers to Articles 243 and 244. Therefore it is your Constitutional duty as President and as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces to take immediate action and institute an inquiry so as to establish whether such grave violations of the Constitution and oath of Office under the Constitution have taken place,” he concluded. 

سابق آرمی چیف جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ کی جانب سے بطور آرمی چیف کی پے در پے حلف کی خلاف ورزیوں کا معاملہ

چئیرمین پاکستان تحریک انصاف عمران خان نے جنرل قمر جاوید باجوہ کے خلاف فوری تحقیقات کا مطالبہ کر دیا 1/2 pic.twitter.com/J0bmuxzEys

— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 16, 2023