Keeping in view the current security situation in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) on Friday (today) to discuss the matters related to it.
The meeting will take place at the Prime Minister’s House which will be attended by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and military chiefs, local media reported citing sources.
Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum will brief the meeting on the recent terror wave in Pakistan and Pak-Afghan border situation, while an integrated strategy against terrorism would be formulated.
A day earlier, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir called on PM Shehbaz at the PM House and briefed him on professional as well as national security matters, a statement issued by the PM Media Wing said.
The prime minister also paid tribute to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the recent terror incidents.
Plight of flood victims
Meanwhile, the premier said rehabilitation of flood victims and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure was a big challenge for a developing country like Pakistan.
He expressed these views while chairing a review meeting on the Resilient Pakistan Conference to be held in Geneva next month.
PM Shehbaz said hundreds of lives and billions of dollars had been lost this year due to flash floods in Pakistan and vowed to make every possible effort to accommodate the flood-hit people.
At the climate change confrence in Geneva, he said, the government would convey to the world the plight of Pakistan’s flood-hit people. Proposals and a detailed plan of action regarding the conference were also presented.
The meeting was informed that the participation of friendly countries as well as development partners and international financial institutions in the conference was also expected.
Federal ministers Dar, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Ahsan Iqbal, Sherry Rehman, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, Special Assistants Syed Tariq Fatemi, Jahanzeb Khan, Syed Fahd Hussain and senior officials concerned were present during the meeting.
Meanwhile, Climate Change Minister Sherry briefed PM Shehbaz about the preparations for the Climate Resilient Pakistan conference which will be co-hosted by the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations.
The prime minister and the federal minister discussed the matters pertaining to climate change.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira also discussed matters related to the ministry and the overall political situation in the country with the premier.
