Scuffle between attaché, Pak ambassador forces Nawaz to intervene

PM asks commercial attaché, Pak ambassador to return to Pakistan after learning the two are not on talking terms.

ISLAMABAD: The prime minister was forced to ask commercial attaché Aisha Makhdum and Pakistani ambassador Sajjad Kamran to return to Pakistan after arguments between the two had escalated to a point that it was affecting the image of Pakistan, Express News reported on Wednesday.

After receiving reports that Makhdum and Kamran were arguing with each other, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sent his Political Secretary Dr Asif Kirmani to Sweden to make an inquiry.

Kirmani reported back to the prime minister that the two were not on talking terms and Nawaz was forced to ask them to return to Pakistan, where a more detailed inquiry will be made.