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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 (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa and ex-spymaster Lt Gen (retired) Faiz Hameed in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n
Asif made his plan known earlier this week during an appearance on DawnNewsTV<\/em> show<\/a> Live with Adil Shahzeb<\/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 fighters of the banned militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan group were resettled in the country<\/a> who were now launching attacks on the state.<\/p>\n He had also accused the two retired generals of conspiring to overturn the PML-N government in 2018, which he claimed was the reason why the country\u2019s economy was in a poor financial state.<\/p>\n However, Siddiqui appeared to disagree with Asif\u2019s approach on the matter, saying that summoning the two former generals would be akin to reopening \u201cold offices\u201d, especially at a time when the country was already beset with a number of pressing problems.<\/p>\n In an interview on DawnNewsTV<\/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 the country was currently entangled in.<\/p>\n \u201cParliament has a lot of work to do, such as ensuring constitutional, legal 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 was as old as Pakistan itself and putting resources towards probing such allegations would not be prudent.<\/p>\n