Imran Khan claims that Pakistan's
Imran Khan claims that Pakistan's "experiment of regime change" has failed
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Imran Khan, a former prime minister and the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), declared on Sunday that the new military leadership’s “experiment of regime change has failed.”

In an interview with the US station Voice of America, he stated, “I’m confident among the new military leadership there is a sense that this experiment of regime transition has gone badly.”

Despite previously having a tight relationship with the military, the nation’s most powerful institution, Khan has had a public falling out with the military since his departure from office in a parliamentary vote of no-confidence in April.

The PTI leader stated that one person controls all of the military’s policies in Pakistan in response to a query about his connection with the military in his capacity as prime minister.

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“In Pakistan, “military” refers to the army head, one individual. As a result, one man’s mentality determines the military’s whole policy of how they behave with the civilian government.”

The former prime minister continued by noting that his government’s connection with the then-army head, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, had a beneficial outcome in that it gave them access to the “organized strength of the Pakistan Army to aid us.”

He claimed that Pakistan’s successful response to COVID-19 was evidence of this relationship’s effects.

He charged former army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa with working with his political rivals to overthrow him with assistance from the US, accusations that Washington, the Pakistani military, and the government have consistently refuted.

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Imran Khan claimed that Gen. Bajwa’s “favoritism of some of our country’s worst thieves” caused the “issue.”

He asserted that the previous army chief wanted his government to ignore the “largest problem” and collaborate with corrupt officials in order to “give them protection from their corruption trials.”

Khan added that the former COAS was closely connected to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and as a result of their “conspiration,” the “regime shift took place.”

The country is reportedly going through its greatest political and economic crisis in history, according to Pakistan’s ousted prime, and the economy has taken a dive.

The Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, was able to continue its operations, according to Khan, who added that it was due to the security forces’ incompetence. Even though he had accused the military of plotting his removal, he voiced the hope that it would stop meddling in politics and establish positive ties with Washington.

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All of the political parties in Sindh opposed the local government elections.

Imran Khan stated that good relations with Afghanistan, regardless of the current administration in the neighboring nation, are “inevitable for Pakistan” when discussing the two countries’ bilateral relationships, according to Geo News.

“Whatever government in Afghanistan is, Pakistan must have a good relationship with them,” he said, adding that he made every effort as Pakistan’s prime minister to maintain good relations with the Ashraf Ghani-led administration in order to secure Kabul’s cooperation in combating terrorism.