Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Friday lashed out at the PTI for trying to interfere in the process for of appointing the new military command. A day earlier, General Asim Munir was designated as the country’s new Army Chief while Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza was appointed as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The new appointees had been chosen by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after which a summary of the same was sent to President Arif Alvi for approval.

Addressing the National Assembly on Friday, Rehman slammed the PTI for holding a meeting with President Alvi over the key military appointments. “They have even made the president controversial, they called the president  to give the impression that they PTI are still relevant”shw voewed. She said that when PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was the president, the courts used to issue notices to him and stop him from meeting with party workers.

“But PTI,  they tried to interfere in a political matter they tried to interfere in a key appointment.” Rehman went on to say that amid testing times when Pakistan was in the midst of a massive climate disaster and millions of people were suffering, “Imran and his party have decided to hold a long march which has no purpose or aim”. It was worth mentioned here that  PTI is currently gearing up for its long march in Rawalpindi tomorrow (Nov 26). Party chief Imran Khan will be leading the demonstration at Faizabad.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP