General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa helped PTI govt & made way for Imran Khan for PM office: Chauhdry Sarwar During in an interview with ‘VOA’,

ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (SABAH): Former Governor Punjab and former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said that former army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa helped PTI government and made way for Imran Khan for Prime Minister office.

In an Exclusive interview with “VOA’s Ali Furqan”, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar acknowledged that the former Army Chief played a major role for PTI victory in the 2018 election and Imran Khan became Prime Minister.

He condemned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s criticism of General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and said that the confrontation will be fine when you are in power.

Chaudhry Sarwar said that it is not fair to criticize General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa on personal grounds after his retirement. He added that “You can only confront when you are in power and once you are out of power the fighting should be stopped.”

Chaudhry Sarwar said that there were two reasons for Imran Khan’s differences with the military establishment, his retention of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar despite poor performance and the delay in Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief’s appointment.

The former governor Punjab said that General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa helped Imran Khan on every occasion from the approval of the budget to the vote of confidence.

He said that when there was tension in the relationship with Saudi Arabia, the army restored the relationship between the two countries. He said that when the government faces financial difficulties, only General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa gets a financial package from friendly countries.

On his possible political journey Chaudhry Sarwar said he is consulting with his friends for his future move but has not yet decided which party he has to join.