Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir personally intervened to address Sri Lanka’s security concerns after the visiting cricket team expressed apprehensions about continuing their tour in the wake of the Islamabad suicide attack. “Our field marshal himself spoke to the Sri Lankan defence minister, secretary and convinced, reassured them of [security arrangements],” said Naqvi while speaking in the Senate.
