ISLAMABAD: Navjot Singh Sidhu disappointed as he could not hug PakistanArmy Chief General Qamar Bajwa on Kartarpur inauguration.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s absence from theopening ceremony of Kartarpur Corridor was strongly felt on Saturday.
Important figures from Pakistan and the Sikh pilgrims, in low tone, keptquestioning the absence of General Bajwa, as they wanted to take selfieswith him. “When will the Pakistani General come,” they kept asking. PrimeMinister Imran Khan and COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa had attended thefoundation stone laying ceremony of Kartarpur Corridor sending a loud andclear message that there was complete harmony between the government andthe military leadership.
According to diplomatic sources, some days ago Navjot Singh Sidhu hadquizzed government sources about the participation of Gen Bajwa in thecorridor opening ceremony. At that time, he was told that nothing could besaid at the moment.
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An organizing member of the ceremony said Sidhu on Saturday kept asking whythe COAS had not come, as he wanted to hug him and congratulate him but hiswish remained unfulfilled.
