Imran asked army for illegal favours

Pakistan's intelligence chief accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of asking the country's powerful military for "illegal and unconstitutional" support for his government, in a scathing and unprecedented news conference yesterday. The news conference by the chief of the country's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt-Gen Nadeem Anjum, came after Khan upped his criticism of the military, accusing them of plotting his removal in April and supporting his opponents. "(Khan's criticism) is because the military and its chief refused to do illegal or unconstitutional things," Anjum said.