Lahore: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday slammed Army chief Asim Munir for turning Pakistan into a "hard state" through force.

The 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician has been in jail for over two years in multiple cases.

"In its true sense, a hard state means a country where the supremacy of the Constitution, rule of law, justice, and democratic freedoms prevail...However, Asim Munir's version of a 'hard state' means a system where all democratic pillars are crushed and replaced by 'Asim Law'," Khan said in a post on X.

"Let it be clear... no state can ever become 'hard' or strong without the support and consent of its people. The atrocities being committed under the so-called Asim Law are not strengthening the state; rather, they are weakening its very

See Full Page