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KARACHI: An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesman issued an explanatory statement of the telephonic conversation between President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, FTNews reported on Monday.
The spokesman said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani received a phone call from the president while meeting with the COAS General Ashfaq Kayani.
Zardari asked to convey his well wishes to Kayani. The COAS in return talked to the president, spokesman said.
During the conversation, General Kayani inquired after the president’s health, the spokesman said, adding that rumour mongering over the subject should stop.
The spokesman moreover said that events that took place in the country during the last 72 hours should not be linked to this conversation.
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