‘I have no evidence against a senior army officer,’ says Imran Khan. In his vehement statements, the former prime minister and PTI chairman made accusations against a senior intelligence official and even used derogatory language.
Khan, who has been charged in more than 100 cases since losing his position as prime minister, acknowledged that he lacked evidence to charge the senior army officer. The populist leader presented accusations against the senior army officers to a joint investigation team (JIT) on Monday.
At the Islamabad Police DIG office, where the FIR was read out and clips of the former premier making accusations against army personnel, including his assassination plot, were shown to him, investigators questioned the PTI head.
‘I have no evidence against a senior army officer,’ says PTI Chief Imran Khan.
All of the videos’ content belonged to the outspoken politician. The former PM gave a negative response when asked if claims against army officers had any supporting evidence.
When investigators questioned him about whether senior army officers had directly threatened him, he likewise gave a negative answer.
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The PTI leader said that someone had informed him of the army officer’s ruse. Do you have any evidence or proof? When questioned by the investigators, he once more said no. The PTI chief said he named a top intelligence official, as latter did a presser.
Investigations were later documented on paper with the ousted prime minister’s signature.
Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who served as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He is the founder and chairman of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Born to a Niazi Pashtun family in Lahore, Khan graduated from Keble College, Oxford.
