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Summary PM Gilani dispelled impression government wanted to create differences among various segments.
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday said his government only desired peace in Karachi and respected all segments of society, including Muhajirs. The efforts to wrongly implicate the political leadership must be discouraged, he added.The PM also said Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvaiz Kayani has always acknowledged the role of political government and its mandate to hold talks with Baloch leaders. The Prime Minister dispelled the impression that the COAS suggested that the political leadership was not doing the needful.The PM clarified that General Kayani never made such remarks. He said the COAS categorically stated that democratic government needs to talk to the Baloch leaders as it was not the task of the Army to hold such a dialogue.
