COAS Raheel Sharif made 'mediator' to end political crisis

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Govt asked army to play ‘facilitator’: ISPR - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Army says the request came from govt

To clarify its involvement in the political situation, the army said that the request to play facilitator came from the government. The Twitter update did not clarify whether the request from the government came as a result of PTI, PAT demands for army involvement, as the government maintains.

**Army statement echoes govt’s view: Nisar - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
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“The statement released by the ISPR first came to me,” Chaudhry Nisar said, adding that he showed to the statement to the prime minister who approved it.

“ISPR’s statement is echoing the government’s view,” he said.

**The army is totally apolitical and is working within its legal perimeters, the interior minister said, adding that the word “facilitate” and it was constitutionally viable. **