Islamabad, July 10, 2025: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday dismissed the reports suggesting that President Asif Ali Zardari had been asked to step down, describing it as a “propaganda drive”.
“We are fully aware of who is behind the malicious campaign targeting President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and the chief of army staff,” Naqvi stated in a post on X.
“I have categorically stated that there has been no discussion,nor does any such idea exist,about the President being asked to resign or the COAS aspiring to assume the presidency,” he emphasized.
“The President of Pakistan enjoys a strong and respectful relationship with the leadership of the Armed Forces,” the minister added.
He cited President Zardari as having “clearly” remarked: “I know who is spreading these falsehoods, why they are doing so, and who stands to benefit from this propaganda.”
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Naqvi underlined that the “sole focus” of Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir is the stability and prosperity of Pakistan, “nothing else”.
“To those involved in this narrative, do whatever you wish in collaboration with hostile foreign agencies. As for us, we will do whatever is necessary to make Pakistan strong again, InshAllah.,” Naqvi concluded.
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In recent years, social media campaigns against the military have intensified, exposing deeper rifts within the country’s political and societal landscape.
Both the government and the military have frequently cautioned about “false information and propaganda” spreading online, with military spokesperson Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stating that insufficient measures were being taken against “digital terrorism” under laws.
