COAS, PM discuss Dawn Leaks, Kulbhushan Jadhav: sources

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa called on Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif at the PM House on Wednesday and discussed several important issues, including the Dawn Leaks, Kulbushan Jadhav and Pak-Afghan relations.

The meeting between the army chief and the premier is the second one within a week and is significant in light of the prevailing civil-military relations in the country.

Sources revealed that in the meeting, which is said to have lasted for around an hour and a half, the controversy surrounding the Dawn Leaks’ notification came under discussion, among other issues.

Sources added that the PM was briefed on the latest situation regarding RAW agent Jadhav’s case as well as the recent border issues with Afghanistan.

The army chief was accompanied by DG ISI Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar while Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was also present at the meeting. According to sources, in the last half hour of the meeting, Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan was also in attendance. 

 ISPR withdraws tweet, says Dawn leaks issue settled

The tweet on 29 April 2017 was not aimed at any government office or person, ISPR said in a statement on Wednesday.

The recommendations as contained in Para 18 of the Inquiry Committee Report, duly approved by the Prime Minister, have been implemented, which has settled the Dawn leaks issue, the ISPR statement added.

Accordingly, the Twitter post stands withdrawn and has become infructuous, the statement said.

Earlier PM-COAS meeting

On May 6, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had met the army chief and both discussed the Dawn Leaks issue, among other things.

PM Nawaz and COAS had agreed that the issues surrounding Dawn Leaks would be dealt with amicably.

Sources had further said that the meeting was held upon PM Nawaz's wish.

Sartaz Aziz on Jadhav case

Earlier on Wednesday, speaking on the sidelines of a seminar in Islamabad, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said the Foreign Office will issue a statement on the Kulbushan Jhadav case in the next few days.  

“We are analysing the Indian petition and the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) authority [on the case],” Aziz said.

According to a press release issued on Tuesday from The Hague-based ICJ, India requested the United Nations' judicial organ to provide relief "by way of immediate suspension of the sentence of death awarded to the accused."