Posted 3/23/2024, 3:22:51 PM
Asif Seeks to Summon Ex-Generals Over Coup Allegations; Siddiqui Urges Caution, Focus on Reforms Instead
- Defence Minister Asif wants to summon ex-army chief Gen Bajwa and ex-spy chief Gen Faiz to parliamentary committee over allegations of conspiring to overturn PML-N government in 2018
- Senator Irfan Siddiqui opposes Asif's plan, says reopening "old wounds" is not prudent given Pakistan's other pressing issues
- Siddiqui advises focusing on reforms and parliamentary work instead of accountability of generals
- Probing such allegations could leave politicians, generals, journalists "stuck in a quagmire"
- Siddiqui praises SC decision to overturn dismissal of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui