In what appears to be a damage control move amid criticism of his party for maintaining secret contacts with the army, PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif on Thursday barred his party members from meeting military or agencies people in future without prior permission of the party leadership.

“Recent events have once again proved that how some meetings remain hidden behind seven veils and how some others are publicised giving them a particular colour. This game should come to an end now,” the former prime minister said in his personal social media account on Twitter, which was created a day before the opposition’s multiparty conference (MPC) in Islamabad on Sept 20.

“Today I am issuing directives to my party that in future, no party member will hold meeting with any representative of the military and its related agencies individually, personally or at party level,” Mr Sharif said, adding that he had issued the directives in line with the constitutional requirements and “to remind the armed forces of Pakistan about their oath to obey the Constitution”.

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