{"id":6539,"date":"2023-09-22T03:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T03:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pml-n-voted-for-extension-in-return-for-help-with-imran-problem-rana-sanaullah\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T03:33:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T03:33:05","slug":"pml-n-voted-for-extension-in-return-for-help-with-imran-problem-rana-sanaullah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pml-n-voted-for-extension-in-return-for-help-with-imran-problem-rana-sanaullah\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N voted for extension in return for help with Imran problem: Rana Sanaullah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>LAHORE: As the top leadership of the PML-N continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1776664\">rail against<\/a> the former generals, in an apparent bid to reclaim their \u201c<em>vote ko izzat do<\/em>\u201d narrative before going into elections, a key leader confessed on Thursday that the party had supported an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1500427\">extension<\/a> for former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa in order to contain PTI Chairman Imran Khan\u2019s onslaught.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoting for Gen Bajwa\u2019s extension [in 2020] was a tactical move by the party to fight the fitna (anarchy),\u201d former interior minister Rana Sanaullah said during an appearance on <em>Samaa TV<\/em> on Thursday, using a term he frequently employs to refer to the PTI chief.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Nawaz Sharif In Trouble , Big Decision Reveals | Red Line with Talat Hussain | Samaa TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FcUCVXUmVAo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former army chief\u2019s extension became a bone of contention between the judiciary and the PTI regime in 2019 when the top court suspended then-PM Imran Khan\u2019s notification, granting Gen Bajwa an extension. After much legal wrangling, the court had allowed the general to continue in office for six months after the government assured it that it would legislate to provide legal cover to this \u2018grey area\u2019.<\/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\/1519792\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Eventually, in early 2020, parliament had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1525766\">unanimously passed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1527033\">amendments<\/a> to the Army Act that cemented the extension, with the PML-N being among the parties that voted for it.<\/p>\n<p>This was Mr Sanaullah\u2019s second outburst against the former top brass in as many days. A day earlier, he had assailed former generals Bajwa and Faiz Hamid, declaring them \u201cnational criminals\u201d and demanded action against them. \u201cThe way the PML-N brought Gen Pervez Musharraf to justice, it will do the same to [both men],\u201d he had said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He had also reinforced party supremo Nawaz Sharif\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1776664\">recent statement<\/a>, seeking \u2018strict accountability\u2019 of former generals and judges, saying that it was a policy statement on behalf of the party.<\/p>\n<p>In an online address to party ticket holders in Lahore a couple of days ago, the elder Sharif had said: \u201c(Former) chief justices Saqib  Nisar and Asif Saeed Khosa were tools of former army chief Gen Qamar  Javed Bajwa and his spy chief Gen Faiz Hameed. Their crime is bigger than a murder offence. Pardoning them will be an injustice to the nation. They don\u2019t deserve a pardon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it should be noted that on the same day, the elder Sharif\u2019s daughter Maryam Nawaz had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1776949\">tried to walk back<\/a> some of the venom in her father\u2019s comments by saying that \u201cneither he nor she believed in taking revenge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told <em>Dawn<\/em> that the party supremo had told the leaders to adopt \u201can aggressive stance\u201d against both Gen Bajwa and Gen Hameed and some former and incumbent judges.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a leader from the Shehbaz camp, while talking to <em>Dawn<\/em>, said that after Mr Nawaz\u2019s outburst, some quarters advised the party not to take an extreme position on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shehbaz, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1777043\/shehbaz-rushes-back-to-london-within-48-hours\">left for London<\/a> on Wednesday, might talk to his brother and convince him to dilute his tone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Shehbaz never uttered a word against Gen Bajwa since he assumed the prime minister\u2019s office and even after leaving the position, showing how careful he is in such matters,\u201d the leader said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, September 22nd, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: As the top leadership of the PML-N continues to rail against the former generals, in an apparent bid to reclaim their \u201cvote ko izzat do\u201d narrative before going into elections, a key leader confessed on Thursday that the party had supported an extension for former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa in order to 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