However, the issue caught fire as hours after the directive, the military leadership said the Army had rejected the notification, calling it 'incomplete'.
Director General of Interservices Public Relations (ISPR) Major Asif Ghafoor, who heads the military's media arm, said in a tweet: "Notification on Dawn Leak is incomplete and not in line with recommendations by the Inquiry Board. Notification is rejected."
Answering a question on the matter, he started off saying: "Let me first say that I believe that tweets, sent out by whichever institution, are a deadly poison for Pakistan's democracy, system and justice."
"Our institutions address each other through tweets and that is very unfortunate," he said, in an apparent reference to a tweet sent out ISPR's Major Ghafoor.
The APNS has additionally been asked to develop a Code of Conduct for print media, especially when it comes to stories that deal with "issues of national importance and security".
In an Editor's note, published on October 11, 2016, Dawn had clarified its position and stated on the record that the story "was verified, cross-checked and fact-checked."
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