Addressing the media on Wednesday, Mashhood said he did not mention any ‘deal’ in the news show and remained adamant that his words were misinterpreted and twisted. “We [PML-N] did not broker a deal,” he asserted and claimed he did not mean ‘Pakistan Army’ when he said ‘establishment’. PML-N leader stirs ‘deal’ controversyMashhood had said that Shehbaz had always been acceptable to the establishment because he talked about harmony between state institutions. “Attribution of an obvious vested statement by Rana Mashhood is baseless and regrettable,” said a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Who would we strike a deal with?”He said if the party would have struck a deal long time back if it wanted to.

Source: The Express Tribune October 03, 2018 08:27 UTC