Hamid Mir claimed that Ex Chief Of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for an extension but the Prime Minister rejected his appeal.
He also revealed that General Raheel wanted to become the Field Marshal and requested the prime minister but the appeal was rejected. He said that if all these demands of General Raheel Sharif were rejected then why Nawaz Sharif doesn’t rejected his appeal for Musharraf?
This was said in context of ex President General Musharraf’s claim that General Raheel pressurized the courts and he government for his escape. Hamid Mir asked if Prime Minister was not influenced on the matter of extension then why was he influenced by this demand.
In Pakistan the democratic setup has been disturbed by military establishment on many occasions, and it is said that even when a civil government is working the real decisions are made at the GHQ.