Pakistan

‘Fabricated’ news: PM, Nisar discuss final notification

Premier Nawaz and the interior minister agree that the matter should be transparent and no ambiguity should remain

Our Correspondent May 07, 2017

A file photo of a meeting between Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: PID

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif conferred with Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan thrice in twenty-four hours to discuss the final Dawn Leaks notification.

Paragraph 18 of the Dawn Leaks report was approved last week. According to sources, the roles played by different individuals in the episode will become clear and civil-military relations will return to normalcy after the final notification is issued.

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The PM and the interior minister agreed that the matter should be transparent and no ambiguity should remain.

The interior minister will present the notification in a news conference or through a communiqué as soon as it is ready. The meetings between the PM and the interior minister took place a day after army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa called on Premier Nawaz.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7^th, 2017.