Federal Defence Minister, Ahmad Mukhtar. - File Photo

LAHORE: Federal Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar on Friday termed the memo issue as the most significant, DawnNews reported.

Speaking to the media representatives at Lahore airport, Mukhtar said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) respects judiciary and said that we were not afraid of courts.

The defence minister blamed the Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif for not taking any more interest in the memo case and said that the opposition leader left for London after raising the issue.

He said the prime minister had spent many years in imprisonment and that he was not afraid of jails, adding that Mr Gilani respects the judiciary and will appear before the Supreme Court.

Answering a question about the PIA affairs, Mukhtar said that he was trying to resolve the issues of the airlines’ employees.

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