Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has alleged that former Chief of Army Staff General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa threatened to impose martial law as he sought a second extension to his term in November 2022.
Asif’s remarks came in response to Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmed Khan’s recent denial that Bajwa ever sought such an extension.
Khan, a member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and a close friend of Bajwa, had stated that Bajwa, d…