Proposal of army chief's extension is subject to snap polls: Imran.

ISLAMABAD -- Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has clarified that he did not talk about giving extension to the army chief but suggested deferring the new appointment till after the next general elections.

He said this on Tuesday while speaking to the journalists in Islamabad, a day after indirectly hinting at granting another extension to the incumbent COAS, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, albeit for a short period.

'I have stated that the position of the army chief is very important. The appointment has to be done on merit. I will repeat time and again that it should be done on merit,' Imran has said during an interview with private TV channel while building his case for the new army chief's appointment after the elections.

He had said neither Asif Ali Zardari nor Nawaz Sharif fulfilled the criteria of merit to appoint the new army chief, adding they both lacked the moral ground to be part of such an important decision-making process.

'One is an absconder and convicted; his wealth is stashed abroad; he is imposed on us through a foreign conspiracy,' he had said.

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