{"id":60822,"date":"2024-02-16T14:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/gen-bajwa-urged-withdrawal-of-no-confidence-motion-against-imran-khan-claims-pml-ns-malik-ahmad\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:02:05","slug":"gen-bajwa-urged-withdrawal-of-no-confidence-motion-against-imran-khan-claims-pml-ns-malik-ahmad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/gen-bajwa-urged-withdrawal-of-no-confidence-motion-against-imran-khan-claims-pml-ns-malik-ahmad\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Bajwa urged withdrawal of no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, claims PML-N\u2019s Malik Ahmad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan said on Friday that former army chief retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa had advised the then-opposition to withdraw the vote of no-confidence (VONC) against former prime minister Imran Khan.<\/p>\n<p>His statement comes a day after Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1814484\/gen-faiz-gen-bajwa-orchestrated-no-confidence-move-against-imran-claims-fazl\">claimed<\/a> that Gen Bajwa and ex-spymaster Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, who was the then-Peshawar corps commander, had orchestrated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1678940\">no-trust motion<\/a> that resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1684168\">Imran\u2019s ouster<\/a> in April 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1814484\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pakistan had seen for the first time in its history the ouster of a prime minister through a VONC, the efforts for which were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1674532\">led by<\/a> the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of parties led by the PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, the PTI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1682104\">accused<\/a> the PDM of colluding with the US and hatching a regime change conspiracy to topple Imran\u2019s government and blamed the military, which was led by Bajwa at the time, for letting the then-dispensation in Islamabad go ahead with the alleged conspiracy. The US has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1721444\">repeatedly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1698101\">denied<\/a> any interference.<\/p>\n<p>In a TV interview last night, Fazl had said: \u201cThey (Bajwa and Faiz) were in contact with all political parties regarding the no-confidence motion and they told us the way of going about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether the move was the brainchild of the two generals, the JUI-F chief replied in the affirmative but added that ultimately, both the PPP and the PML-N had supported the move.<\/p>\n<p>The JUI-F chief had further said: \u201cI was not in favour of the no-confidence move. Just for my friends, I sacrificed my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a contrasting statement, PML-N\u2019s Malik Ahmad today claimed that Gen Bajwa had instead advised against bringing a no-confidence motion against Imran\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Lahore, Ahmad said: \u201cThe meeting in which the heads of all political parties were present [\u2026] in that, if he (Fazl) is saying that Gen Bajwa told to bring a VONC \u2014 I am presenting the incident that unfolded before me \u2014 in fact he (Bajwa) was saying to not bring a VONC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Bajwa) was Imran\u2019s representative, which I also objected to and asked \u2018what is the [army] chief saying\u2019,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1744819\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ahmad specified the meeting was held on March 26, 2022 at the \u201cB-Mess near the Punjab House\u201d. He termed the VONC an \u201corganic, political move resulting from Imran\u2019s administrative destruction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said that his party was of the view that if Imran was to \u201cstep down and immediately proceed towards elections\u201d, there was no need to go through the \u201cordeal\u201d of a VONC.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N leader then recalled that during the said high-level meeting, Fazl questioned this line of thought and asked: \u201cWhy are you saying this after we have organised all this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way Maulana [Fazl] resisted, I thought of him as a great man,\u201d Ahmad said. Recalling that Gen Bajwa had \u201ccome and urged us to withdraw the VONC so they could proceed towards elections\u201d, he wondered how it \u201cconnected\u201d to the recent claim made by Fazl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes Maulana have any one person who can come forward and tell when he met him (Bajwa)?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>The aide to ex-PM Shehbaz also highlighted that Gen Faiz was not even present during the meeting as he was \u201cprobably serving as a corps commander somewhere at that time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he (Fazl) submit the VONC on someone\u2019s advice? Absolutely not, as Maulana was involved in its filing, the manner of its filing and the political discussion held,\u201d Ahmad claimed. \u201cI wonder why he felt the need to say this today,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N leader said he thought of the meeting as Gen Bajwa \u201cbringing his [Imran\u2019s] message\u201d, emphasising that Fazl \u201ctook a firm stand\u201d at that time  by asking: \u201cGen <em>sahib<\/em>, how can you tell us to withdraw [the VONC]?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad further wondered why Gen Bajwa was allegedly advising the then-opposition to withdraw the no-confidence motion when, according to Fazl, he was the one who had orchestrated it. \u201cI fail to understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan said on Friday that former army chief retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa had advised the then-opposition to withdraw the vote of no-confidence (VONC) against former prime minister Imran Khan. His statement comes a day after Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman claimed that Gen Bajwa and ex-spymaster Lt Gen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/02\/161540168b55733.png?r=154503","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}