In his latest column for Express newspaper, senior journalist, who met General Bajwa last month, wrote that it began with Imran's former aide Nadeem Babar being appointed as special adviser on petroleum on April 22, 2019. Babar also owned a company with the name of Orient Power.
Establishment's attempt to prevent PTI chief from making this decision went in vain, the columnist added.
He said that the establishment later inquired Babar about an irregularity in the import of oil at the Karachi Port, which he denied.
Later, the ISI caught a ship loaded with cheaply bought Iranian petrol. It was for none other than Babar's own company.
Lastly, he asked for just three gas shipments from Qatar despite a one-time generous offer to take 'as much as required' amidst a looming gas crisis at home, so he could sell his own furnace oil.
Babar isn't in the country anymore but Pakistan is still paying the price of his decisions to serve his own interests, all because Imran wanted to retain him as his aide, writes Javed Chaudhry.