ISLAMABAD: Former British high commissioner to Pakistan, Mark Lyall Grant arrived on Sunday to try and build bridges between President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani, since the Army is likely to object to former president Pervez Musharraf’s trial.
Diplomatic sources said Grant would meet the leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the PML-N to discuss the political situation in the country.
He will try to convince the two parties to avoid political bickering on petty issues and work in unison for the stability of the country’s political system, they said.
The sources said the former envoy would also try to get an assurance from the leadership of the PPP and the PML-N to avoid prosecuting Musharraf as it would embarrass the UK and the US, who had both been strong supporters of the former army chief.
sajjad malikISLAMABAD: Former British high commissioner to Pakistan, Mark Lyall Grant arrived on Sunday to try and build bridges between President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani, since the Army is likely to object to former president Pervez Musharraf’s trial.
Diplomatic sources said Grant would meet the leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the PML-N to discuss the political situation in the country.
He will try to convince the two parties to avoid political bickering on petty issues and work in unison for the stability of the country’s political system, they said.
The sources said the former envoy would also try to get an assurance from the leadership of the PPP and the PML-N to avoid prosecuting Musharraf as it would embarrass the UK and the US, who had both been strong supporters of the former army chief.
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