Sanaullah claims next army chief will be appointed ‘in a day or two’

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday said the matter of the next army chief’s appointment would be settled in a “day or two”.

In an interview with a local news channel, he said: “I believe the prime minister has completed this process (of consultation about the army chief appointment) and will bring it to paper, today or tomorrow or the next two days, [it] takes no time.”

When further asked to explain, the interior minister said: “I will also request you that this is a matter of a day or two so don’t ask questions which can lead to unnecessary speculation,”

He said in his opinion there “is not a lot of time left to this decision and it will come before you”.

Sanaullah said a further delay in the matter would not be “appropriate” and the next army chief would be appointed in the next two days.

The minister alleged that the purpose of the PTI’s march to Islamabad was the army chief’s appointment, rather than snap elections.

“The long march is not really present anywhere — it’s only on the media,” he added.