Islamabad, Oct 17 (TNS): After visible gulf between Islamabad and Rawalpindi, civilian government seems on mission of damage control as Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said army chief has right to express his opinion on the country’s economic situation.
“When everyone is free to give his opinion on economy then why not the Gen Qamar,” PM Abbasi told a private news channel.
Abbasi remarks came in the backdrop of the widening controversy created after the COAS recent comments on national economy followed by the military’s media spokesperson and interior minister’s back-to-back reactions on the same issue.
“It may be the difference of opinion… There is no civil-military tension,” Abbasi explained.
