A) He refused to give military bases for future operations into Afghanistan. His slogan being, “Allies in peace, not in war”. He is a pacifist.
B) Him being a pacifist also means Pakistan was supposed to be neutral in the Ukraine conflict. The military blatantly opposed elected Govt’s neutrality policy (before even ousting Khan) and since his overthrow, has been making money selling weapons to Ukraine via proxy (British). Of course the money isn’t going to Pakistan’s state exchequer as there are no official sales yet fresh Pakistani ammunition keeps appearing in Ukraine. Military installed caretaker PM claims these were acquired by the “black market” a laughable claim.
C) Since the US lost a launchpad into the strategic rear of Iran china and Russia by withdrawing from Afghanistan. Requiring the services of our ‘for sale’ military gives it that launchpad should it ever need it.