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LAHORE: Seeing the establishment’s hand behind Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi’s confident statements about not taking a fresh confidence vote, PTI chief Imran Khan alleged on Friday that the military still didn’t seem to be neutral on the vote of confidence issue.
During an informal talk with a group of court reporters, Mr Khan accused the military of political engineering against his party, claiming that PTI lawmakers were being pressured to skip the trust vote proceedings.
So far, three legislators had informed him that they had been approached for the purpose, he claimed. He also claimed the “neutrals” — a euphemism he uses for the military — were trying to install the PPP in Punjab.
Commenting on Elahi’s advice to him and the rest of the PTI to ‘be careful’ when talking about former army chief retired Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Mr Khan said: “He has his stance about Gen Bajwa and we have our position.”
The PTI chief claimed he was not fighting the establishment, but struggling for the “sake of justice”.
Published in Dawn, January 7th, 2023
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Jan 07, 2023 09:04am
"Believe in a Cobra but NOT a Gujrati" say they even in Punjab ! Could also someone explain why the Authorities to be, are silent spectators on Open Horse-Trading ?
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Jan 07, 2023 09:21am
IK is 100 percent correct. The nation will never forget the role of the neutrals. The entire nation stands with IK.
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Jan 07, 2023 09:26am
Dear IK, Pakistan will not progress at least in the next one decade. This country, like India, will cease to exist and only then the real independence will materialize.
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Jan 07, 2023 09:27am
Not a complicated riddle. What Imran Khan is trying to tell that, since Army is not siding with him, so its not neutral. He has been telling same in the past too. Now it is matter of time that he comes up with his handy decorative titles for Army brass - Mir Jaffar, Mir Sadiq .
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Jan 07, 2023 09:32am
He is the one who is not neutral & is conspiring with foreign forces derail democracy in our homeland
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Jan 07, 2023 09:32am
The country can sink for all anyone cares
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Jan 07, 2023 09:46am
The neutral retired last year. Make peace with it.
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Jan 07, 2023 09:51am
Allegation of the day
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Jan 07, 2023 09:56am
This guy just wants to make it to headline everyday. Complain, cry , curse do anything and make headlines.
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Jan 07, 2023 09:57am
Nightmare is not just of Bajwa but of uniform too.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:02am
When a predecessor leaves a hand picked choice, anything different would be the real unexpected surprise.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:02am
They IK become PM again that day military will be neutral
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Jan 07, 2023 10:03am
Struggling for the sake of justice? That is joke of 2023. Niazi fully exposed.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:08am
Military needs to do their job, not become neutral for the whims of Mr. Uturn
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Jan 07, 2023 10:09am
If neutrals are not neutrals, then atleast they should make right decisions and stop destroying this country!
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Jan 07, 2023 10:09am
Army is busy in doing politics and TTP conducts more than 100 attacks on our homeland.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:09am
ok anti IK robots, get started.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:09am
This guy helped Taliban getting elevated in Afghanistan. Thanks to him
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Jan 07, 2023 10:13am
Dear Imran, do u have any other watchea for sale? I'm an avid collector based in Kuala Lumpur
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Jan 07, 2023 10:32am
@chipmonk33,
You are a Chipmunk.....India existed Eons before Pak's existence... That inferiority Complex with India is the root of all Problems..Reflect and teach your upcoming Generations to learn to live with Reality ......
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Jan 07, 2023 10:35am
And for him military will not be considered neutral till they bring him back to power. What a logic!
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Jan 07, 2023 10:40am
Some powerful Fossils of Bajwa Doctorine still on special duties.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:42am
And never be neutral
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Jan 07, 2023 10:43am
It is all American, PPP & establishment game going on in the country. The recent long and frequent visits of Bilawal to US and the back to back meeting of Ex chief Bajwa is all part of the game.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:45am
@Thullukar Muttal, plenty of fake brands there. Buy locally and save.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:45am
Forget military neutral or not. You have come into politics to serve masses. Ask your party member parliaments to reduce their salaries and perks to meet financial crisis of country.
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Jan 07, 2023 10:45am
Bit Imran Khan was shouting few days back that choukidars should not be neutral......
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Jan 07, 2023 10:45am
what is this?
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Jan 07, 2023 11:05am
It was very painful for Imran Khan to leave PM house between night of April 9 and 10, 2022 which he can't forget during his life that how he was removed from PM office after vote of no confidence was passed against him.
Time and again he is getting dreams that he is still PM, but once he wakes up in the morning, he find that red carpet is already removed beneath his feet.
This is the real issue which keeps his blood pressure high and borhering him and then he speaks whatever comes in his mind.
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Jan 07, 2023 11:10am
Please advise how much you sold the watch and how the funds were repatriated to Pakistan.
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Jan 07, 2023 11:26am
This guy is obsesed with military. Bajwa is haunting him
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Jan 07, 2023 11:38am
I do not support anyone but here IK is right.
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Jan 07, 2023 11:39am
Revings of an incorrigible and habitual liar.
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Jan 07, 2023 11:45am
The victim mentality leader continues to cry wolf.
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Jan 07, 2023 11:50am
Agreed. First they will ram the economy deep down to the core of the earth, then run away, leaving 224 million people to fight for crumbs and a civil war
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Jan 07, 2023 11:51am
At least he is being neutralized.. This incompetent dummy full of hollow speeches has already cost the country enough loss on many fronts.
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Jan 07, 2023 12:06pm
His crying has no ends, always criticizing others.. Wish he could talk his performance or future plans for country.. except his election mantra which anyway will be held in 2023.
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Jan 07, 2023 12:09pm
Military is neutralized by enemies of Pakistan
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Jan 07, 2023 12:21pm
This man wants military to intervene in courta and and election commission affairs and stop them from pursuing cases against him. Only then he will declare military neutral. Otherwise he thinks he will succeed in blackmailing and subduing military by using his so called popularism which even a sensible being knows is of no use to him what to talk of an institution like Pakistani military establishment.
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Jan 08, 2023 06:37am
I agree with Khan sahib!
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