Islamabad: Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday, a statement released from the PM Office said.
The dignitaries reviewed the progress of Pakistan’s mediation efforts to achieve sustainable peace in the region, the statement said, adding that two leaders expressed satisfaction with the de-escalation achieved so far and stressed the need to maintain peace and a ceasefire by all parties.
The leadership appreciated the restraint demonstrated by all sides and reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to facilitate and provide all-out support to both sides to arrive at a peacefully negotiated settlement, it added.