ISPR should refrain from commenting on state of the economy: interior minister

Ahsan Iqbal Interior Minister of Pakistan

Through a statement circulated by his public relations officer, Interior Minister Asan Iqbal on Friday said that the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, should refrain from commenting on the country’s economic situation, DawnNews reported. The response seems to have been directed at an interview the military’s spokesman gave to a private TV channel the day earlier, in which he had said that: “If the economy is not bad, it is not doing so well either.” The remarks followed an address by army chief Gen Qamar Javed…

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