The military’s spokesperson on Saturday rejected claims that Army Chief General Raheel Sharif’s son-in-law is among the seven crew members taken hostage by Taliban militants after a Punjab government’s Mi-17 crash-landed in Afghanistan’s Logar province two days ago.
A section of local and regional press had carried news items reportedly saying that a son-in-law of Gen Raheel is among the helicopter crew members taken hostage by Taliban.
Terming such news as baseless and rumours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a clarification with Lt Gen Asim Bajwa tweeting that “none of the hostages is related to COAS”.
The ISPR DG said that rumours are being spread about the identity of various crew members of the Punjab government helicopter that crash-landed in Logar province on Friday.
“The lives of all hostages are very precious and all-out efforts are being made for their safe and early return,” Bajwa maintained.