'Triple-checked' facts of civilian-army rift story: Pakistani journo
October 17, 2016  09:19
A prominent Pakistani journalist, who was briefly barred from travelling abroad over reporting a rift between the civilian and military leaderships, today stuck to his story, saying he had "triple-checked" the facts.

"Because nothing of the reaction had been unanticipated, nothing had been left to chance before the story was put out in print," Cyril Almeida, a columnist and reporter for the Dawn, said in his column 'A week to remember' published in today's edition of the newspaper.

He wrote: "The story had arrived fairly quickly after the fateful meeting on October 3, but it was only published on October 6. The gap was all about verifying, double- and triple-sourcing and seeking official comment.

In his story 'Act against militants or face international isolation', Almeida reported that the civilian government has warned the military leadership of a growing international isolation of Pakistan and sought action against banned terror groups, like Hafiz Saeed's LeT, Masood Azhar's JeM and the
Haqqani network, or face international isolation.
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