No room for generals in politics: Asghar Khan

KARACHI - Tehreek-e-Istaqlal head and Air Chief Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan has said that there is no room for the military Generals in politics to rule the country. The continuous democratic system only can save the country from the crisis.

He was delivering a lecture on ‘Pakistan - the way ahead challenges and opportunities,’ organised by Pakistan Institute of Maritime Affairs (PIMA) at DHA Library auditorium here on Saturday.

The retired Air Marshal recalled the speech of the Quaid-e-Azam which he had made in a reception held in Karachi on August 14, 1947 in which he (Asghar Khan) was also among the audience of 21 officers and quoted an extract from the Quaid’s speech: “Never forget that you are the servants of the state and your job is to obey the orders of the representatives of the people. You don’t make policy; it is the representatives of the people who make policy.”

Giving another excerpt of the Quaid-e-Azam’s speech of August 12, 1947 he quoted: “The religion was the personal matter of an individual and the state should not interfere in one’s religion.”