Analyst Irshad Bhatti has claimed that Raheel Sharif was not only asking for an extension but also wanted to become a field marshal.
Speaking on a private TV program, Irshad Bhatti said that Raheel Sharif was not only asking for an extension as Army Chief but also as a field marshal and did not know what he was asking for.
He said that Raheel Sharif had definitely asked for an extension but Maryam was linking the issue with wrong incidents. Don Lex was done by Nawaz Sharif himself and then he formed the inquiry committee on it and also dismissed Pervez Rashid and Tariq Fatemi himself. When it was time to stay, he fell in prostration. Even during the sit-in, he fell in prostration and dismissed Mushahidullah Khan. He also fell in prostration in Don Lex and now he has become a freedom fighter. This is the man who fired 6 prime ministers.
Senior journalist Ansar Abbasi, who participated in the program, also confirmed that before Raheel Sharif's retirement, there was lobbying for his extension. He had asked the Prime Minister but no extension was given.
