{"id":74525,"date":"2024-03-23T14:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ex-generals-accountability-siddiqui-advises-defence-minister-asif-against-reopening-old-wounds\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:43:05","slug":"ex-generals-accountability-siddiqui-advises-defence-minister-asif-against-reopening-old-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ex-generals-accountability-siddiqui-advises-defence-minister-asif-against-reopening-old-wounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-generals\u2019 accountability: Siddiqui advises Defence Minister Asif against reopening old wounds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui, a close aide to party supremo Nawaz Sharif, has in his \u201cpersonal capacity\u201d opposed Defence Minister Khawaja Asif\u2019s recent remarks where he said he would move a resolution to summon former army chief Gen (rtd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, ex-spymaster Lt Gen (rtd) Faiz Hameed in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

Asif made his plan known earlier this week during an appearance on a Dawn News TV<\/em> show<\/a> Live with Adil Shahzaib<\/em>. The defence minister was ruing terrorist attacks in Pakistan when he held Gen Bajwa, Gen Hameed and former prime minister Imran Khan responsible, alleging that it was during their tenure that thousands of TTP fighters were resettled in the country who are now launching attacks on the state.<\/p>\n

He had also accused the two retired generals of conspiring to overturn Sharif\u2019s government in 2018, which he claimed was the reason why the country\u2019s economy was in poor financial state.<\/p>\n

However, Senator Siddiqui, himself a PML-N leader, appeared to disagree with Asif\u2019s approach on the matter, saying that summoning the two former generals would be akin to reopening of \u201cold offices<\/a>\u201d, especially at a time when the country is already beset with a number of pressing problems.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Dawn News TV<\/em> show Doosra Rukh<\/em> that aired on Friday, the Senator said that the Parliament must move ahead and work on resolving the myriad of issues Pakistan is currently entangled in.
\n\u201cParliament has a lot of work to do, such as ensuring constitutional and electoral reforms,\u201d Siddiqui said.<\/p>\n

He added that probing Asif\u2019s allegations would leave politicians, generals, journalists and other figures \u201cstuck in a quagmire\u201d, pointing out that the issue of accountability is as old as Pakistan itself and putting resources towards probing such allegations would not be prudent.<\/p>\n

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