ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad HussainThursday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and oppositionparties had held wider consensus on the matter of extension of the chief ofarmy staff (COAS).
There was no difference of opinion between the opposition and thegovernment regarding the COAS’s extension, he said talking to a privatenews channel.
All political parties had already developed consensus on the matter ofextension, he added.
In reply to a question, the minister said some miscreants (indicatingJUI-F) tried to create instability in the country through sit-in a coupleweeks ago.
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They also tried to use the religious card against the democratic governmentbut the people did not accept their narrative and they had to go back totheir pavilion with disappointment, he added.
To another question, Fawad said the PTI government was taking bold steps inthe larger interest of the country.
