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Imran Khan's Ex-Minister Blames Asim Munir for Pakistan Security Crisis
- •Former Pakistani minister Shehzad Akbar accused military chief Asim Munir of posing the greatest threat to Pakistan's national security.
- •Akbar criticized the emergency rule declared in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a disguised martial law aimed at sidelining the elected PTI provincial government.
- •He rejected the government's justification that the provincial administration failed to contain militancy, noting the military has led counterterrorism efforts there for 15 years.
- •Akbar warned that denying political and economic rights to Pakistan's 250 million citizens is the country's ultimate national security crisis.
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Shehzad Akbar, an adviser on interior and accountability to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, criticized military chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and accused the military establishment of undermining civilian authority and threatening Pakistan's national security.
President Asif Ali Zardari declared an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the provincial government led by Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, while the federal government cited the administration's alleged failure to contain Islamist militancy.
Shehzad Akbar stated that the military has been at the forefront of counterterrorism operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for nearly 15 years, arguing that blaming the civilian government for security issues is an absolute lie and that the emergency amounts to martial law.
