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Sharif sacks Pak Minister over news report on rift with Army

PTI

 Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday  sacked his information Minister Pervaiz Rashid over the recent “leaked” report about a rift between the civilian and military leaderships on support to militancy. The PM’s spokesman Musadiq Malik confirmed that “initial evidence” was against Rashid in the leak of sensitive information of a high profile national security meeting. “Investigation into controversial story is in the final stage and it will be shared with media in a couple of days. Who was responsible for the leakage of sensitive information to the Dawn reporter will be known soon,” Malik said.