Army Chief's appointment should be made on meritocracy Imran Khan.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the Army Chief's appointment should be made on meritocracy.

Addressing the participants of the long march in Jhelum, Sargodha, Mardan and other cities via video link, the former premier said that he wants to tell the nation the motive behind staging his 'actual freedom' march, saying that he wants to tell the masses that the rulers - to whom he labeled thieves - have been imposed through the conspiracy and it is not acceptable for his party to back the elements of injustice and violence.

He added 'One of the purposes of staging the march is to tell his supporters that Shehbaz Sharif and his son - Hamza Shehbaz - were about to convict in the case of Rs16billion at the time of the conspiracy. But the rulers waived their cases of Rs1100billion by passing the law in the National Assembly.'

Reiterating that the rule of law and justice would not be possible if the rulers keep on giving NRO to themselves and this will lead to the prevailing of the 'law of the jungle' in the country, Imran added that contrary, if anyone of the citizens of any...