- PM chairs high-level security meeting to discuss national security, foreign policy and Afghanistan
The National Security Committee on Friday said that peace and progress in the South Asian region was directly linked to resolution of all outstanding issues, including the core issue of Jammu Kashmir.
The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif here at the PM House, discussed matters pertaining to national security, foreign policy in the regional and global context. The participants said that Pakistan has acted as a frontline state in counterterrorism efforts with unparalleled sacrifices and successes.
No other country in the world has done as much for global safety and security as Pakistan at a huge cost of both human and material, according to a statement released after the meeting. The meeting appreciated and acknowledged the sacrifices of the security forces, law enforcement agencies and their national resolve in fighting terrorism.
The NSC pointed out that Pakistan continues to work for peace and progress in Afghanistan through an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process with the help of both regional and global partners, and would continue to strive for return of normalcy in Afghanistan at the earliest.
“However, this requires simultaneous efforts by the Afghan government for restoring effective control on its territory,” the NSC categorically said. Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Minister for Finance Muhammad Ishaq Dar, Minister for Interior Affairs Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and National Security Adviser Nasser Janjua were present in the meeting.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, ISI Director General Naveed Mukhtar, senior civil and military officials also participated in the meeting.
