Many Hopes Regarding October 12 Were Dashed

The recent rift between the government and military over the appointment of DG of ISI motivated many journalists to speculate ‘something was going to happen’ but their hopes were dashed.

The 12th day of October 1999 is an appalling day for the democratic history of the country as then COAS Pervez Musharraf ousted then Prime Minister

and came into power.

Most of them started hoping that another military coup on October 12 would be repeated and Imran Khan will be ousted like Nawaz Sharif.

Raising specter, some prominent journalists took to their Twitter accounts and started making assertions that something was about to ‘happen today’ and at the same time, the federal cabinet was meeting too.

ایک ضروری اعلان سنئے:
آج 12 اکتوبر ہے۔
اعلان ختم ہوا۔

— Saleem Safi (@SaleemKhanSafi) October 12, 2021

اللہ خیر کرے ۔ https://t.co/jdeJQSurtR

— Asma Shirazi (@asmashirazi) October 12, 2021

وفاقی کابینہ کے اجلاس میں بھی کچھ نہ ہو پائے گا۔ اہم ترین ملاقات میں کیا ہوا 🤐🤐🤐
دن بدن شب و روز سِرک رہے ہیں یا دانستہ سِرکائے جا رہے ہیں۔ اہم تہلکے کیلئے تیار رہئیے۔

— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) October 12, 2021

آج کچھ طے نہ ہوا تو پھر کل کچھ ہوگا

— Umar Cheema (@UmarCheema1) October 12, 2021

However, the hopes of journalists were dashed as nothing of the sort happened on the ‘military coup’ anniversary.

Prime Minister Imran Khan took the cabinet members in confidence over the issue and assured them civil and military were aligned.

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Prior to the cabinet meeting, a long sitting had taken place between the premier and COAS.

Commenting on the posts sowing fear of a military coup, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry took the support of poetry to express his views as many hopes were dashed.

سول ملٹری تعلقات پر فواد چوہدری کا شاعرانہ تبصرہ! pic.twitter.com/dOMHFGivMA

— Abdul Qadir (@AbdulqadirARY) October 12, 2021