We hope new military leadership will work to end prevailing trust deficit: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (SABAH): The former prime minister and Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Wednesday felicitated the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Hafiz Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza.

Sharing his thoughts in a tweet, the former prime minister said, “Congratulations to Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza as new CJCSC & Gen Syed Asim Munir as new COAS.”

“We hope new military leadership will work to end prevailing trust deficit that has built up in last eight months between the nation and the State. Strength of the State is derived from its people,” Imran Khan said.

Along with the tweet, Imran Khan also shared a quote by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah “Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people and you do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted”. (Quaid-e-Azam to Armed Forces; Aug 14, 1947)

The deposed prime minister’s comments came a day after General Syed Asim Munir took charge as the 17th Army chief of Pakistan at a ceremony held at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.

Earlier this week, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza also assumed his appointment as the CJCSC at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi.