PTI’s Gohar, Gandapur hold ‘direct, positive’ meeting with Army Chief Gen Munir

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RAWALPINDI, JAN 16 (DNA): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar said on Thursday that he had met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

PTI Chairman Gohar, speaking to journalists at the Adiala Jail courtroom, finally confirmed that he had indeed met with the military chief after he kept on denying the meeting.

Explaining what had transpired during their rare talks with the COAS, the PTI chairman said that all matters and demands of the party were presented directly to General Munir.

He termed direct negotiations with the establishment as a positive step towards resolving ongoing issues. Barrister Gohar further said: “I and Ali Amin Gandapur held a meeting with COAS Munir, during which we outlined all of PTI’s concerns and priorities.”

PTI founder Imran Khan also confirmed to reporters that Gohar had met the army chief in Peshawar. Khan mentioned that his party had long been trying to get the other side on the negotiation table.