For someone often described as an ‘army prop’, it would seem rather unusual for Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to disagree with Army chief Gen Bajwa’s decision to transfer ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as a Corps commander. Gen Faiz is considered close to Imran and has gone out of the way to help him politically. So what’s at the heart of the tussle? The Pakistani army guards institutional autonomy over everything else, says Lt Gen Harish Thukral (Retd), who has served as defence attaché at the Indian mission in Islamabad. The ISI chief may just have crossed a red line as the Chief of Army Staff expects his officers not to be politically inclined, Lt Gen Thukral (Retd) told StratNews Global in this podcast. Listen in for more
