islamabad pakistans ousted prime minister imran khan has admitted that he offered an extension in the tenure of army chief general qamar javed bajwa in march amid the oppositions attempt to topple his governmentkhans remarks came after pakistans isi chief lt gen nadeem najum revealed at an unprecedented press conference on thursday that the army chief was given a lucrative offer for an indefinite extension in his tenure in march this yearit was made in front of me he gen bajwa rejected it because he wanted the institution to move forward from a controversial role to a constitutional role the isi chief said without naming former premier khankhan told 92 news tv in an interview on thursday that he told the army chief that if the then opposition was offering him an extension then he could do the same the express tribune newspaper reportedi repeatedly warned gen bajwa that if this noconfidence motion succeeds it will have a direct impact on the economy and no one would be able to control it as the economy will go into a tailspin he saidkhan said he also asked the top military leaders as to why did they hold a press conference to discuss political matters if they were apoliticalgen anjum addressed the firstever media interaction by any isi chief in pakistans history on thursdaythe press conference came as the country was grappling with different versions about the killing of journalist arshad sharif in kenya and indirect allegations against the armed forcessharif was shot dead at a police checkpoint at an hours distance from nairobi on sunday night creating a storm in the country the kenyan police later said it was a case of mistaken identity during a search for a similar car involved in a child abduction casespoke about the killing of sharif khan said the killing of the senior journalist was not an accident and his murder was planned in pakistanive made a video and named people if im killed the personalities involved will also be killed in three to five hours he saidseparately khan reiterated his claim that a foreign conspiracy was hatched to topple his governmentaddressing the pti social media team and a video statement on the eve of his long march towards the federal capital khan urged people to join his movement for real freedom of the countrymir jafar and mir sadiq hatched a foreign conspiracy to topple my government through social media show every citizen what they did with the pti government khan told the partys social media teamkhan who came to power in 2018 with promises to create a naya pakistan apparently lost support of the powerful army after he refused to endorse the appointment of the isi chief last yearfinally he agreed but it soured his ties with the army which has ruled the coupprone country for more than half of its 75 years of existence and has hitherto wielded considerable power in the matters of security and foreign policykhan who was ousted from power