PM convenes Apex committee meeting to review counter-terrorism measures

  • Meeting to be held on Monday will attended by CM of all four province and GB, besides services chiefs and DG ISI

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif convened a meeting of the Apex Committee formed under the National Action Plan on Monday.

The meeting will be attended by civil and military leadership, including Defence Minister, Interior Minister and other cabinet members. Additionally, the chief ministers of all provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan and services chiefs will also attend the meeting, the sources said.

They added that the meeting aims to review the overall law and order situation, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, where terrorism remains a significant concern.

The Apex Committee will receive updates on the effectiveness of intelligence-driven operations against terrorist groups.

The meeting will also discuss the broader national security landscape to take important decisions for the eradication of the menace of terrorism.

In its earlier meeting, the of the Apex Committee formed under the National Action Plan approved a reinvigorated and re-energized national counter-terrorism campaign through launching of Operation ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’ with consensus of all stakeholders, symbolising the national resolve to eradicate extremism and terrorism from the country.

The ‘Operation Azm-e-Istehkam’ was launched with the consensus of all stakeholders, including the provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, during a meeting of the Central Apex Committee on the National Action Plan (NAP), chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

“Azm-e-Istehkam will integrate and synergise multiple lines of effort to combat the menaces of extremism and terrorism in a comprehensive and decisive manner,” said a press release issued by the PM Office Media Wing.

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