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Politics
Abid Hussain

Pakistan army slams ex-PM Imran Khan’s ‘defamatory’ remarks

Imran Khan's government was removed through a vote of no confidence in April this year [File: K M Chaudary/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has landed in a new controversy after the country’s powerful army reacted strongly to some “defamatory” statements made by him on the appointment of the new military chief.

Addressing a rally in Faisalabad in the Punjab province on Sunday night, Khan accused the government of trying to appoint a “favourite” as the next army chief.

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