PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs NSC meeting amid rising terrorism in Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is charing a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) as the country faces an uptick in terrorist incidents.
Senior civilian and military leaders are part of the meeting. The decision to convene the meeting of the NSC was taken in a meeting between PM Shehbaz and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Thursday.
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and military chiefs are also present in the moot.
According to news reports, Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum will brief the meeting on the recent terror wave in Pakistan and the situation at the Pak-Afghan border while an integrated strategy against terrorism is expected to be formulated.