Islamabad
Last month s political turmoil in Pakistan in which Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan became the first Prime Minister of the country who was ousted through a no-confidence vote shows that conflicts continue to roil Pakistan administration.
The recent shift in the national politics of Pakistan was widely reported as triggered by power play between Imran Khan and leading figures in the country s powerful military establishment — Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and the former head of intelligence services (ISI) Lt General Faiz Hameed.
Hameed, who was widely expected to replace Bajwa, got replaced in October by Lt General Nadeem Ahmad Anjum against Imran Khan s wishes. Last month, Khan became the first Prime Minister in Pakistan s history to be ousted from power after losing a no-confidence vote in the country s Parliament.
Khan was later charged with blasphemy on April 28 after his supporters allegedly hounded the new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Saudi Arabia s Madina on the same day.
The power struggles are continuing among the opposing factions in Pakistan s establishment.
After Khan s ouster, Lt General Anjum has ordered his top men to launch an investigation of officials belonging to Lt General Hameed s clique which includes officials and leaders in ISI s secret Kashmir Desk, reported The Epoch Times, a US-based media.
