COAS contacted me before ISPR statement: Gilani

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani contacted him before the issuance of military reaction by ISPR, report said. "We have always stood by the army and we have nothing against anyone," the Prime Minister said while talking to media here. As regards his statement during an interview to a Chinese newspaper on the replies submitted by the Army Chief and DG ISI in memogate case, the Prime Minister said under the rules of business the replies should have been sent through the Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Law and Justice and then to the Attorney General of Pakistan. The Prime Minister said his interview in China was pre-scheduled and when the interview was done General Kayani had landed in Pakistan.

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