COAS only inquired after President in 1-min talk: ISPR

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COAS only inquired after President in 1-min talk: ISPR

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ISPR says Army Chief talked to President only for one minute and just inquired after his health.

19 December,2011 05:19 pm

The Inter Services Public Relations says that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani talked to President Zardari during a meeting with PM Gilani on December 16. The ISPR said that the Army Chief and the PM were having a meeting when a phone came from the President, and Gen Kayani expressed desire to inquire after the President’s health. The ISPR said that the PM has earlier made a statement to this effect that the phone came during his meeting with the Army Chief.Furthermore, the ISPR said, that last 72 hour developments are wrongly being attributed to the Army Chief and the President’s talk. It reiterated that no other matter except inquiring after the President health figured up in the brief, one-minute telephonic talk.