COAS should be appointed on seniority basis like CJP: Fazl

Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) head and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the appointment of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) should be made on seniority basis like the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP). While addressing a press conference in Islamabad Wednesday, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the coalition government is bringing the country out of crisis. He gave credit to the coalition government for the whitelisting of Pakistan from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list.
He added that there are several issues in the country but policies will be formulated first. He criticised the opposition and said that politics and power should not be based on baseless narratives.
Slamming the former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, the PDM head said that he is now hinting at pushing behind his longstanding narrative of ‘US conspiracy’ and seeking pardon from the United States (US).
He said that Imran Khan’s false narrative has failed and it will be termed nothing else but internal aggression of the enemies of Pakistan.
Fazlur Rehman claimed that the gun attack incident during the PTI long march became a mystery.
The PDM head blamed Imran Khan for becoming a reason for the postponement of the visits of the Chinese president and Saudi Crown Prince.