Received no letter from anyone, will send to PM if received: COAS Munir

COAS General Syed Asim Munir on Thursday, while responding to a question about Imran Khan's letter, said he did not receive any letter from anyone, if he does, he will forward it to PM Sharif.

“I have not received any letter from anyone. If I do, I will forward it to the prime minister,"  COAS said during an informal chat with the journalists during a luncheon at the Prime Minister’s House in honour of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The army chief dismissed reports about the letter, saying, “These are all just political tactics.”

He further said that the country was progressing in a positive direction, and development was taking place and Pakistan must continue moving forward.

Talking to the media outside Adiala jail alongside other lawyers, Imran Khan’s counsel Faisal Chaudhry said that the PTI founder had dictated the contents of the letter to party leaders. The letter consists of six points, he said. 

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Faisal Chaudhry said that Imran Khan had outlined all the points in the third letter and issued instructions accordingly. The letter included topics such as deep structural reforms and the damage caused to democracy by government policies. 

Chaudhry said that in his third letter, Imran Khan highlighted how the election was rigged to give a minority control over the majority. The letter has also highlighted that money launderers have been given power, he said indicating that the contents of the letter were expected to be made public today. 

According to Chaudhry, Imran Khan has said in the letter that terrorism was rising due to the absence of the rule of law, 1.8 million people have left the country, and $20 billion in capital had been moved abroad.

Khan also said that when PTI left office, economic growth was at 6.4 per cent.