Without naming Imran Khan directly, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that at the time, the then prime minister runs his political party in a dictatorial manner, with the entire party and government revolving around a single individual.
“This was not an institutional matter; it was a game of personalities,” he said, adding that institutions should not be blamed for decisions taken for personal political interests.
“Where is the DG ISI from that time who was used for political purposes?”, DG ISPR questioned.
DG ISPR said that the former prime minister was extremely powerful, contradicting the claims that he lacked authority.
“He was so powerful that he declared the then Army Chief as the ‘father of the nation’. No prime minister since 1947 has ever exercised such authority,” he said.
