MARDAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan met Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif in Mardan on Friday.

The meeting took place near a helipad in Mardan. Khyber Pakhtonkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and other provincial officials accompanied him.

The army chief and PTI chairman separately arrived in the city after the terrorist incident.

The COAS also attended the funeral prayers of the deceased persons.

Later speaking to media, Khan said he met the army chief after he landed in the city. He condemned the terror strike in Mardan and said militants’ are foreign funded and disrupting peace in Pakistan.

He said it was need of the hour to mobilize Foreign Ministry and present Pakistan’s message to the world in a suitable manner.

Earlier in the day, Gen Sharif had appreciated army, Frontier Corps and police for prompt and effective response and defeating the terrorists attempt in Peshawar’s Christian Colony.—NNI