(Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met the country’s powerful army chief on Tuesday as a political deadlock over mass protests to demand the government’s resignation showed no signs of resolution.
Pakistan has been gripped by peaceful anti-government protests demanding Sharif’s resignation this month, with thousands of demonstrators camped outside parliament in a country that has experienced a succession of military coups.
Sharif’s press office said army chief Raheel Sharif and the prime minister discussed the protests and agreed to resolve the issue “expeditiously in the best national interest”.
The meeting was one of many the two leaders have held in recent weeks over the impasse, said a senior source at army headquarters in the garrison town of Rawalpindi.
“They are discussing solutions,” said the official, who asked not to be named as he was not authorized to talk to reporters. “This situation is very alarming for the army. We are dealing with mobs. What if things get violent?”
The army’s media wing declined official comment.
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