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Did not ask army to mediate: PM Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said his government had not requested nor had the army asked to act as a mediator in helping resolve the political crisis in the country.

Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, the prime minister said in his presence Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar had received a telephone call regarding Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri wanting to meet Army chief General Raheel Sharif. Prime Minister Sharif informed parliamentarians that he said if Khan and Qadri had requested a meeting the army chief should meet them.

"Even if I did not meet the army chief yesterday, he would still have played a role," Sharif said.

The prime minister further said the army had told him a few days earlier that protecting state building was their responsibility.

The prime minister spoke of political parties not sacrificing their ideals. "I will not sacrifice my principles and ideals at any cost."

Prime Minister Sharif said he had made a commitment with former Prime Minister and PPP chairman Benazir Bhutto of struggling for democracy. "I have suffered so much for democracy can anyone expect a u-turn from me?" The prime minister added that posts come and go and there was no question of a u-turn.


Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk

 

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