ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had taken COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa into confidence on his recent Meeting with Indian business tycoon Sajjan Jindal, BBC Urdu reported.
The civil leadership informed the military authorities that the PM’s
Meeting with an Indian business tycoon, who is k**wn for being close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was a
part of
backchannel diplomacy. Also, the businessman had the backing of some important Indian officials for his
Meeting with the prime minister to defuse ongoing tension between the two neighbouring countries.
On the other hand, the military leadership also took its officials into confidence on the prime minister’s
Meeting with the Indian businessman. The COAS told his ******rs that the
Meeting was a
part of
backchannel diplomacy.
The report quoting a PML-N leader said that the prime minister was tight-lipped on his
Meeting with Sajjan Jindal. However, the only detail of the
Meeting he shared
with his aides was that
Jindal was making efforts to defuse tension between India and Pakistan.
In April, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had a
Meeting with Indian business tycoon Sajjan
Jindal at the hill resort town of Murree.
The
Meeting triggered intense speculations
with several politicians and analysts suggesting it could be the precursor to a possible
Meeting between the Pakistani and Indian premiers in the near future.
PTI had moved a resolution in the Punjab Assembly expressing grave concern over the prime minister’s 'secret'
Meeting with Indian steel magnate Jindal.
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