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Abid Hussain

Pakistan army chief admits military’s meddling in politics

Pakistan's army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, is to retire next week. [File: Anjum Naveed/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s outgoing army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, says the military has unlawfully meddled in politics for decades and it will no longer do so.

In his last address as army chief, Bajwa on Wednesday defended the country’s most powerful institution, which has come in for criticism, particularly from former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has accused the army of a role in his removal in April.

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