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Pak Army Chief calls on UK Home Secretary, asks London to help check global financing of terrorists

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Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif, who is currently on an official visit of the United Kingdom (UK), met British Home Secretary Theresa May here on Friday.

According to a tweet by Lt. General Asim Bajwa, Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), which is the media wing of the Pakistan armed forces, General Sharif asked Home Secretary May to play a role in ensuring an end to the global financing and communication of terrorists allegedly based in Pakistan and beyond its immediate borders.

"#COAS met UK's permanent Home Secretary. Asks UK to play role in checking intl financing & communication of terrorists," Lt. General Bajwa said in his tweet.

 

General Raheel Sharif is on a three-day visit of the UK.

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First Published: Oct 02 2015 | 9:22 PM IST

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