Pakistan Army calls former Prime Minister Imran Khan's accusations 'unacceptable'

MADRID, 5 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Pakistani Army has branded as "absolutely unacceptable" statements by former Prime Minister Imran Khan in which he has accused Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif, the Home Minister and an Army commander of being involved in the "assassination attempt" that has suffered this week.

In a press release published this Friday, the Armed Forces point out that "the unfounded and irresponsible accusations of the president of the Movement for Justice against the institution and in particular against a high-ranking Army officer are absolutely unacceptable and unnecessary."

The military prides itself on being an "extremely professional and well-disciplined" organization with a "strong and highly effective" internal accountability system that would be applied to illegal acts committed by uniformed personnel.

Thus, they have condemned the accusations made by Khan and have asked the Government to initiate legal action against those responsible for defamation and false accusations against the institution and its officials without any evidence.

In a televised speech from the hospital, Khan has maintained that he knew beforehand that there was a plan to kill him and has pointed to the three men as ideologies of the plan to end his life. In addition, he has called his followers to protest against them "until they resign their positions."

According to his own account of events, the former prime minister has described that there were at least "two shooters" and that he fell to the ground when he received the first salvo of shots. One of the attackers, who has been arrested, has been identified as an extremist, but "that extremist had nothing" but was part of a "plan behind the attack", he has assured.

The event took place after Jan called for a "long march" to achieve "real freedom", as part of his dispute with the current prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, whom he calls for early elections. Jan, who became the first Pakistani leader to be impeached in a no-confidence motion in April, was disqualified at the end of October by the electoral commission for failing to declare money from the sale of gifts and gifts received from international leaders. when he was in charge of the government.

His departure from office was followed by growing political tension marked by turncoat scandals and massive protests for and against the prime minister, denounced by the opposition alliance of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (MDP) as a "puppet" of the Army. The Armed Forces are considered the most powerful establishment in Pakistan since its independence from the British Raj in 1947.