GILGIT: Prime Minister Imran Khan has declared that now his focus will be on rule of law, as during the past two years his entire focus had been on Pakistan’s economy in order to “set it in the right direction”. “I will oversee the state institutions myself so that powerful convicts of the country trying to blackmail [the government] are brought into the ambit of the law. You will see in the coming days whose legs shake and whose forehead sweats,” Prime Minister Khan said while addressing the Azadi Parade ceremony in connection with the 73rd Independence Day of Gilgit-Baltistan in Gilgit on Sunday.
Mr Khan said since the opposition was criticising the chiefs of Pakistan Army and Inter Services Intelligence, it proved that he had appointed the right people to the posts. “If these thieves [opposition] are speaking against them, it means they [chiefs] are the right people,” he said.
He lambasted the opposition parties for what he said “attacking the state institutions” and “promoting the enemies’ narrative”. He said those who wanted to “discredit the army and the judiciary” were speaking “the language of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. He said the Modi government was the most extremist government in India’s history, as they were pursing the Hindutva ideology. They hated Muslims and Pakistan, perpetrating brutalities on innocent Kashmiri people, he said, adding that the laws enacted by the Modi government — the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens — were targeted at Indian Muslims.
Says opposition’s criticism proves he appointed right people to the posts of army chief and ISI director-general
No previous government had done to occupied Kashmir what the “extremist, racist, totalitarian” government of Modi had done, he said, while emphasising that this was the reason Pakistan needed a strong army.
He said: “There is no week when our soldiers do not sacrifice their lives. From our merged [tribal] districts to Balochistan and sometimes even in Karachi, planned terrorism is being carried out. Who is challenging them? Our army and security forces… We know Narendra Modi’s government is trying to [create chaos] not only through terrorism but also through Shia-Sunni conflict. They planned to spread chaos by killing Shia and Sunni scholars. I pay tribute to our army that foiled these plans.”….
Source: dawn.com
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
