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Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISI DG Lt Gen Faiz Hameed call on Prime Minister Imran Khan at the PM House in this file photo. White Star
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday met Prime Minister Imran Khan as part of the interactions between the civilian and military leadership on national issues.
Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence Lt Gen Faiz Hameed was also present during the meeting.
No statement on the meeting was issued by the Prime Minister Office, which normally gives out press releases on such interactions.
An official, speaking on the background, said the meeting was held to review the “internal and external situation”.
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz speaks to reporters in Islamabad on Friday. DawnNewsTV
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Friday said the military leadership should not have been seen with Prime Minister Imran Khan a day after the ruling PTI suffered what she called a battering in the recent Senate elections.
Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, she accused the premier of dragging the institutions into politics despite the military repeatedly asking politicians not to do so.
Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had met Imran at Prime Minister House on Thursday, a day after the much-hyped Senate polls took place. Director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence Lt Gen Faiz Hameed was also present during the meeting.