Ever since Imran Khan’s exit from power through a constitutional process, there has been a sustained campaign against the establishment holding it responsible for the permeating situation in the country, more so after the 2024 general elections. The real target of the campaign has been the Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir. The party has been persistently claiming that its mandate has been stolen and the country was being run by the will of a single man and that the current situation in the country was like in East Pakistan in 1971.

Imran Khan has further upped the ante against the Pakistan Army in his latest tweet, specifically against General Asim Munir. The insinuation is that Like General Yahya in 1971, General Asim was the man behind the current situation in the country. He has also posed the question who was the traitor? Ostensibly he is trying to put the blame on the Army for the tragic events of 1971 as well as the current post-election situation. He is clearly pointing the finger at General Asim Munir. He is also trying to equate himself with Sheikh Mujir ur Rehman whom he absolves of the responsibility for the creation of Bangladesh.

It is my considered view that what Imran Khan and his party are propagating is a brazen attempt to distort history and foment hatred against the Army by portraying it as a villain. The reality is quite different from it. The delay in the transfer of power after the 1970 elections was not the only reason for the dismemberment of Pakistan. It was only the icing on the cake. Mujib was harbouring the idea of an........

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