Islamabad: (Staff Reporter) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan congratulated Gen Asim Munir on assuming command as Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
According to the tweet, The former PM congratulate the newly appointed top general a day after he took charge at a change of command ceremony at the General Headquarters (GHQ). He also felicitated Gen Shahid Shamshad Mirza on becoming Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC).
Furthermore Mr. Khan, who was ousted from the prime minister’s office through a no-confidence vote in April, expressed hope that the new military leadership would end the prevailing trust deficit that had been built up in the last eight months “between the nation and the State”. “Strength of the State is derived from its people,” reads the tweet.
Moreover he also shared a message by the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, to the armed forces in August 1947. “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,” reads the Quaid’s message.
