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‘No defence pact discussed in Tehran,’ Khawaja Asif responds to Fazl
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday rejected Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s criticism of Pakistan’s role in regional diplomacy, saying Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir had visited Tehran to facilitate peace, not to negotiate a defence agreement. Speaking in the National Assembly, Asif said no defence agreement was being discussed in Tehran and there had been no reason for the defence minister to attend the meeting. He was responding to remarks made by Fazlur Rehman in the National Assembly a day earlier, when the JUI-F chief questione...
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