ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s civil leadership has told the Army authorities that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s informal meeting with Indian businessman Sajjan Jindal was part of back-channel diplomacy, reports BBC Urdu. According to official sources, the PM has taken the Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa into confidence on meeting with Jindal. Sources said the PM told the Army leadership that Jindal met him as desired by the Indian authorities in a bid to defuse the tension between the two countries. Sources said that Gen Bajwa has also briefed his colleagues that the meeting was part of the back-channel diplomacy.
05-12-2017, 01:05 PM
Army briefed on PM-Jindal meeting
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