ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Just days after his first letter, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has written another missive to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir.
In the letter, he highlighted that the country’s biggest political party was being “targeted”.
“I wrote an open letter to the Army Chief (you) with sincere intentions for the betterment of the country and the nation, aiming to bridge the growing divide between the military and the public. However, the response was extremely irresponsible and unserious,” the ex-prime minister wrote.
He said he was the former prime minister and the leader of the “country’s most popular and largest political party”, and he had dedicated his entire life to bringing global recognition to the nation.
“My 55 years of public life since the 1970s and my 30 years of earnings are fully transparent. My life and death are solely tied to Pakistan,” the missive read.
He described his concerns regarding the army’s image and the possible effects of the growing rift between the public and the army which he cited as the reason to write this letter.
He wrote that the incumbent government was brought by manipulating election results through pre-poll rigging. “The authorities passed the 26th Constitutional Amendment through parliament to control the judiciary and PECA [Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act] to silence dissent.”
The cricketer-turned-politician noted that political instability and the “might is right” policy plunged the country’s economy into chaos.
Referring to his imprisonment, he claimed that he had been placed in solitary confinement and deprived of sunlight for 20 days.
“My exercise equipment, television, and even newspapers have been taken away. They restrict my access to books whenever they wish. Besides those 20 days, I was also locked up for another 40 hours. In the last six months, I have been allowed to speak to my sons only three times,” he said.
On his meetings with his party lawmakers, he said, “Only a handful of individuals have been allowed to see me in the past six months. Even my wife is not permitted to meet me, despite clear orders from the Islamabad High Court.”
