Jindal meet a backchannel effort: Sharif

May 11, 2017 11:33 pm | Updated 11:33 pm IST - Islamabad

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told the country’s powerful Army that his meeting with Indian steel tycoon Sajjan Jindal last month was part of a backchannel diplomacy, a media report said on Thursday.

BBC Urdu reported that Mr. Sharif has taken Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa into confidence on his meeting with Mr. Jindal on April 27 at the hill resort of Murree.

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