One fine Islamabad afternoon in the spring of 2021, I received a call from a source. He said he needed to see me urgently. I had prior commitments, but the insistence in his voice made me reconsider. He pressed on, saying he needed just ten minutes. When I asked about the venue, he suggested something unusual: we could meet in the car. I agreed. I arrived at the agreed time. Without wasting a moment, the source said he wanted to share "earth-shaking" news.

As a reporter, that phrase instantly sparks curiosity. Journalists live for scoops. What he revealed next genuinely shook me. According to him, serious tensions were brewing between the Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan. At the time, this sounded almost unbelievable. Publicly, everything appeared honky-dory. Civil and military officials repeatedly boasted of being "on the same page."

That was precisely why this information seemed too good to be true. But the source went further and dropped a bombshell. He said........

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