There has been a lot of speculation on the selection of the new ISI chief over the last few days. However, today Mariam qatri who has been calling General Bajwa selector and PM Imran Khan selected suddenly came out in support of selector's choice.
This whole ISI chief issue might just be a drama created deliberately by Civil/Military leadership in order to fool PMLN into supporting the new ISI chief. Under normal circumstances, PMLN would have opposed any name as they have been doing for the past 3-4 years to keep army under pressure and politicize the military. But with this move, new ISI chief will no longer be under any pressure since he now has the approval of anti army camp in PMLN.
It is worth noting that PPP/zardari and even Shobaz have not yet taken any position publicly on this issue. I guess they know from experience that actions speak louder than words and it remains to be seen whether the new ISI chief will give relief to opposition or not. However, loud mouth Mariam Qatri has made a critical mistake by supporting new Bajwa's choice. If Bajwa's choice becomes new ISI chief, PMLN will not be able to blame this new ISI chief for losing upcoming elections! This is similar to how PMLN/PPP opposed open ballot for senate elections and in the end they lost chairman senate elections with secret ballot despite having majority in senate.
This whole ISI chief issue might just be a drama created deliberately by Civil/Military leadership in order to fool PMLN into supporting the new ISI chief. Under normal circumstances, PMLN would have opposed any name as they have been doing for the past 3-4 years to keep army under pressure and politicize the military. But with this move, new ISI chief will no longer be under any pressure since he now has the approval of anti army camp in PMLN.
It is worth noting that PPP/zardari and even Shobaz have not yet taken any position publicly on this issue. I guess they know from experience that actions speak louder than words and it remains to be seen whether the new ISI chief will give relief to opposition or not. However, loud mouth Mariam Qatri has made a critical mistake by supporting new Bajwa's choice. If Bajwa's choice becomes new ISI chief, PMLN will not be able to blame this new ISI chief for losing upcoming elections! This is similar to how PMLN/PPP opposed open ballot for senate elections and in the end they lost chairman senate elections with secret ballot despite having majority in senate.