Army never put pressure over foreign policy: Pak PM

Claiming that there is "no pressure" on him from the military in running the government affairs, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday forcefully defended all his appointments at the Centre as well as in Punjab, declaring them to be on merit. During an exclusive interview to Express News, the prime minister stated the army had never asked him for appointing any person to any position and all those ex-military persons, including retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa, working in different organisations were appointed on merit. Khan said it was believed that the army interfered in foreign policy matters, but his government's foreign policy was exactly as per the manifesto of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).

Source: AFP