Islamabad: Pakistan Army's media senior Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary is facing criticism wideness the country for his statement given in a printing briefing. Responding to a question on jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chaudhary tabbed him a "mental patient" and, without the comment, smiled and winked at the journalist. This video spread rapidly on social media, and many people are calling it a sign of weakening of democratic processes on the part of the army.
What sparked the controversy?
Journalist Absa Koman asked during the rundown how the allegations versus Imran Khan—such as threats to national security, anti-state activities, and vicarial at the dictate of foreign countries—are variegated from the past and whether a new situation could upspring in the future. Responding, Lieutenant General Chaudhary said, “Add a fourth thing… he is moreover a mental patient.” As soon as he said this, he winked at the journalist. This gesture of his made the scuttlebutt increasingly controversial.
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Pakistanis reacted sharply on social media. Many users on “X” wrote that this incident happened in front of unshut cameras, and it is well-spoken that democracy in the country has weakened. Someone tabbed it the “meme of the nation,” while someone tabbed the prime minister a “puppet.”
Growing tension in relations between unwashed and Imran Khan
This scuttlebutt has come at a time when Imran Khan himself has recently targeted Unwashed Senior General Asim Munir. He had tabbed Munir “mentally unstable” on social media and so-called that he was harming law and order in Pakistan. Plane surpassing this, without taking the name of Lieutenant General Chaudhary Khan, he had been tabbed a “narcissistic person.” In the same statement, he said that Khan's politics had now reached a level where he believed, "If I am not in power, then no one else should be in power."
Chaudhary moreover so-called that Imran Khan is trying to instigate people versus the army. He warned that “we will not indulge anyone to create loftiness between the Pakistani unwashed and the people.” He moreover said that there are limits to ramble rights, expressly when the question of national security is at stake.
Old allegations resurfaced
Referring to the attacks on unwashed bases, expressly the Rawalpindi headquarters, on May 9, 2023, Chaudhary said that Khan had played a role in these incidents as well. Imran Khan has unchangingly rejected these allegations.
