ISLAMABAD:
Army Chief General Raheel Sharif met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif here on Tuesday to discuss issues of national security, an official statement said.
This was the first meeting between the premier and Chief of Army Staff General Raheel since he assumed charge last week. According to an official handout, security-related matters and issues pertaining to national importance were discussed in the meeting. However, sources familiar with the meeting told The Express Tribune that the issue of missing persons also came under discussion.
The government and military authorities have been pressured by the Supreme Court giving Thursday the last day to produce 33 missing persons.
According to sources, General Raheel assured the prime minister of the military’s cooperation with civilian authorities on the issue.
The COAS also called on President Mamnoon Hussain at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Tuesday, where the president congratulated him on assuming office.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who earlier appeared before the apex court, also met the prime minister to discuss how to meet the SC deadline on the issue of forced disappearances.
The outgoing Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has warned institutions that non-compliance with the court order could have negative implications both for the prime minister and the newly-appointed army chief
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