Imran Khan says he doesn't want army chief of his choice.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday insisted that he never made the appointment of army chief controversial. Responding to the allegations levelled against him of making the appointment of the army chief controversial, he said. 'I say that the army chief should be appointed on merit. I don't want an army chief, judge, IG or NAB head of my choice. I want the best people on the basis of merit.' In a televised address to the long march protestors in Lala Musa, Imran Khan went on to say that the country's incumbent rulers wanted to appoint people of their choice to top posts, claiming the Islamabad IG's appointment by PM Shehbaz was such an example. 'Because he (the IG) is corrupt, he will now serve him (the PM), he will do every unlawful task given by him.' 'It is beyond anyone's imagination in a civilised society that the country's important decisions are taken abroad and by those who have been looting the state's wealth for the past 30 years.' A day earlier, a crucial meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was held in London, where it was decided to appoint the military's senior-most officer as the next army chief. Khan further added that he doesn't want to appoint an army chief of his choice, reiterating he wants the decision regarding the army chief's appointment to be taken on merit. Also, PTI Chairman Imran Khan mocked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over proceedings of his...

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