Imran Khan alleges former Army chief Gen (retd.) Bajwa wanted to get him killed

In a fresh attack on Gen retd Qamar Javed Bajwa Pakistans ousted prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that the former army chief wanted to have him murdered and impose a state of emergency in the countryKhan the chairman of the Pakistan TehreekeInsaf party made the startling allegation during an interview with private Bol News channel in LahoreKhan 70 had been at loggerheads with Bajwa ever since his ouster from power in April by a noconfidence motionHe suffered bullet injuries in the right leg on November 3 when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others standing on a containermounted truck in the Wazirabad area some 150km from Lahore where he was leading the long march to press for snap pollsImran Khan said he was being told by many to stop levelling allegations against Bajwa as he has retired but he could not cover up the crimes that Gen Bajwa had committed the Dawn newspaper reported quoting the channels Lahore bureau chiefAccording to the report Khan in the asyet unaired interview claimed that Bajwa wanted me deadAlso Read Former Pak PM Imran Khan lambasts military establishmentKhan has attacked Gen retd Bajwa in the past Bajwa is now the main target of Khan who not only sees him as the sole reason for all his failures in the government but also alleges that the retired general had toppled his government as part of a US conspiracyLast month Khan accused Bajwa of playing a double game against his government and said that he committed a big mistake by extending the tenure of then military chief in 2019Gen Bajwa 61 retired on November 29 after getting a threeyear extension in 2019 by the then Prime Minister Khan who turned out to be the biggest critic of the Pakistan ArmyThe powerful Army which has ruled the coupprone country for more than half of its 75 plus years of existence has hitherto wielded considerable power in the matters of security and foreign policyKhan the former cricketerturnedpolitician is the only Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a noconfidence vote in ParliamentHe had alleged that the noconfidence vote was part of a USled conspiracy targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia China and Afghanistan The US has denied the allegationsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever