1( NCREDIBLY, former prime minister Imran Khan has now placed the entire responsibility of resolving the `deficit of trust` between the state and the nation squarely on the shoulders of the new military leadership. Congratulating Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza through a tweet on Wednesday, the PTI chairman made a pointed reference to an August 1947 speech by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah to drive home the point that it is the civilian leadership that must prevail in the relationship between the executive and the military. He added: `We hope [the] new military leadership will work to end [the] prevailing trust deficit that has built up in [the] last eight months between the nation and the state.

Surely, Mr Khan could not already have forgotten his own role in precipitating this `trust deficit` with his bold-faced claims about a regime change conspiracy and the related `Cyphergate` hoopla? Was it not him who made the claim that `Mir Jafars` and `Mir Sadigs` were involved in an elaborate conspiracy to oust him from power? Though he himself may not have directed that insult to any individual specifically, it was clear from the DG ISI and DG ISPR`s Oct 27 press conference that they understood whom he meant. And did he not also allege repeatedly that his political opponents had worl
One may argue that Mr Khan is correct, in principle, in asl