The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD: Another Memo-like fiasco reared its head on Friday as media reports alleged that, sometime this week, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had telephoned British High Commissioner Adam Thomson expressing fears that the army might stage a coup.
The PM House, however, issued a prompt rebuttal, followed by a contradiction by Thomson himself.
Denial or not, the reports have already sent the rumour mills churning and could potentially worsen already adverse relations between the military and the government.
The premier has been talking to various political leaders and diplomats about potential threats to his administration, a close associate of the prime minister told The Express Tribune. Readmore