ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has reiterated that there would be no compromise on the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan and that patriotic citizens are standing behind Pakistan Army,
The prime minister said this while chairing Defence Committee of Cabinet (DCC) meeting here Saturday. PM Gilani said armed forces are vital pillar of the national security.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Finance Minister and Information Minister attended the meeting.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Khalid Shameem Wynne, COAS General Ashfaq Pervaz Kayani and Naval chief and Chief of the Air Staff also participated in the meeting.
It is the first meeting of the DCC in which the civilian and military leadership are sitting together amid the ongoing tension between the government and the army and try to come out of the tense situation.
Political observers are of the view the DCC would defuse the ongoing tension that started with the emergence of memogate and further aggravated with the sacking of the Defense Secretary Lt General (Retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi on alleged violation of rules and business while submitting the reply to the Supreme Court on memogate.
The prime minister’s interview to a Chinese online newspaper further aggravated the impression of tense relations between the civilian and military leadership and the ISPR issued a clarification on it.
Gilani said terrorism in Afghanistan is directly affecting Pakistan. To protect the interests of Pakistan is the top priority, the prime minister said and added that that interest and sovereignty of the country is supreme. 'Every step would be taken to strengthen the institutions', he said.
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