Rana Sanaullah, Adviser to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Public and Political Affairs, accuses ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan of attempting to sow discord between the military and the public. According to him, Khan’s recent letter to Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir was meant to create misunderstandings among senior military officers.
Speaking to Geo News, Sanaullah questioned the origins of Khan’s letter, especially with the former prime minister currently behind the bars. “Where are these letters coming from? If he wants to carry out a political struggle, it should be in parliament,” he added.
As shared by his legal representative, Khan’s correspondence with the army chief reportedly outlines six key points: first, election fraud, in which individuals implicated in money laundering have been declared victorious.
One was about the 26th Constitutional Amendment related to the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary. The third was about the judgment of the Al-Qadir Trust case as reported by Geo News. Khan also spoke about the use of force on the PTI workers and the terrorism charges and police raids.
Sanaullah attacked the PTI’s previous stance on judicial appointments, recalling recent opposition by the party to the appointment of Justices Babar Sattar and Tariq Jahangiri. “Were the chief justice and the judges wrong, while those who wrote the letter are right?” he asked.
He further spoke about the posting of three judges: Justice Sarfraz Dogar from the Lahore High Court, Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro from the Sindh High Court, and Justice Muhammad Asif from the Balochistan High Court, asking if it wasn’t unconstitutional to do so. “Is Article 200 or the 26th Amendment not part of the Constitution? If we start questioning these matters, then even the judges’ letters could raise serious concerns,” Sanaullah said in the end.
