Amid a crackdown on his party and a confrontation with the government and the establishment, Imran Khan said on Sunday that Army Chief General Asim Munir has a ‘problem with him’.

“How can you win by taking on your own army?” he told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. “Even if you win, it would be a pyrrhic victory.”

He added that Pakistan ‘needs a powerful army’ and that the army gave great sacrifices.

“The army has been a fact (in a Pakistan,” Imran said, adding that he had no problem with the army.