islamabad pakistan in a change of stance former pakistan prime minister and pakistan tehreekeinsaf pti chief imran khan on monday suggested that chief of the army staff coas general qamar javed bajwas tenure should be extended till electionsin an interview with a private tv channel khan said that the appointment of the next army chief should be deferred until the new government is elected which should then choose the new military head reported geo newskhan further added that the army chiefs appointment should be based on merit neither asif ali zardari nor nawaz sharif is qualified for taking this decision on merit he elaboratedkhan has been making headlines since his ouster in april because of his constant remarks regarding the army chiefearlier this month while speaking during a public rally in faisalabad the pti chairman had called out the government saying that it was delaying the elections to appoint an army chief of its own and that if a patriotic chief of army staff comes in he will not spare the incumbent rulershowever in a change of stance khan said that he was ready to hold talks with the coalition government regarding snap polls reported geo newsduring the interview khan said that he had been involved in politics for the last 26 years and his party had always followed a path which aligns with the countrys constitutionkhan while taking a jibe at the coalition governments performance said that the country will be stuck in a quagmire if the incumbent leaders tenure is prolonged further reported geo newsreiterating his foreign conspiracy stance the pti chief asked those who brought these people after removing our government i want to ask were they thinking of pakistan everyone knows the history of these two familiescommenting on the dynastic politics of the sharif and zardari families the pti chief said that these two families had ruled pakistan for 32 years reported geo newsif they had a good track record and were geniuses then it would have been a different situation but they destroyed the institutions of the country as they were involved in corruption he maintainedlamenting the impact of floods in pakistan the former prime minister said that the 2010 floods as well as the current one have caused immense devastation particularly in sindhhe said that the economic fallout of the floods will be witnessed during the winter season tell me do they have a solution exports are falling loans are rising remittances are falling your capacity to give loans is shrinkingthe economy is shrinking while unemployment is rising khan maintained adding that such record high inflation which clocked in at 273 per cent in august was never seen before in the history of pakistanthe ousted prime minister hinted that the government will further raise the electricity prices as the international monetary fund imf has asked the coalition government to increase power tariffs reported geo newstalking about the state of the economy khan said that it was on a rapid