Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani meets President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidency. – File Photo

KARACHI: Amidst a rapidly-shifting and charged political scenario, President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday called the Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani to discuss ‘security situation’ and the memogate issue, DawnNews reported.

According to reliable sources the overall security situation of the country including memogate issue came into discussion in their first contact after Zardari’s illness.

President’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the army chief inquired president’s health, conveyed his well wishes and prayed for early recovery from illness.

Both military and political leadership agreed not to let memogate issued used for spar between the state’s institutions.

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