In connection with the ongoing court-martial proceedings of former spy Lt General Faiz Hameed (retd), the army’s media wing on Thursday revealed that three more retired officers have been detained for their actions “prejudicial to military discipline”. I was taken.
An investigation into ‘inciting instability’ is ongoing.
An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement hinted at further arrests, adding that “further investigation is underway against certain retired officers and their associates for fomenting instability and conniving with political interests.” “
The army’s media wing did not provide the names and ranks of the detained officers; However, some reports claim that there were two retired brigadiers and one colonel. According to the sources, all these persons were considered to be close associates of the former Director General of ISI, General Faiz.
News of more arrests came after Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir invited retired army officers, including some former chiefs, to take them into confidence about recent operations. In this ceremony organized by the current Army Chief, where former Army Chiefs including General (R) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and General (R) Raheel Sharif were present, General Munir’s immediate predecessor General (R) Qamar Javed Bajwa and some other names were present. Attention was drawn by. its absence.
Some reports indicated that General Bajwa is not in the country to dispel the impression that his absence has anything to do with the ongoing investigation against General Faiz.
The jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader on Thursday recused himself from the ongoing court-martial proceedings of his General Faiz.
However, Imran Khan said the former ISI chief was an “asset” that was wasted.
In an informal conversation with journalists at Adiala Jail on Thursday, Khan said that the army is investigating General Faiz. “It’s their internal matter, what have I to do with it?”
He further said that if General Faiz Hameed is being held accountable then everyone should be held accountable.
He also claimed that the former army chief Bajwa removed General Faiz at the behest of Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif.
Imran Khan said that there was a heated exchange between him and General Bajwa over the removal of General Faiz Hameed.