Won't bow down to any pressure: Sharif, Pak army chief on Jadhav

April 12, 2017 21:46

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and powerful army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday agreed not to come under any pressure on the issue of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death on charges of spying, according to a media report.

Chief of Army Staff General Bajwa met Sharif and took the prime minister into confidence regarding the issue of Jadhav, Samaa TV reported.

"They agreed not to come under any pressure" on the issue of Jadhav, the channel said, without giving the details.

During the meeting, they discussed matters pertaining to professional preparedness of army, the current security and border situation at their meeting held in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported.

General Bajwa also apprised the prime minister about the progress made in the ongoing operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, a terror operation launched by the Pakistan Army to eliminate terrorism.

It was the first direct interaction between the army chief and the prime minister.

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