PM chairs high-level meeting on security

Army chief in attendance for meeting held in Islamabad to discuss internal security and NAP implementation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting on Friday to review the progress of the National Action Plan (NAP) and the internal security situation of the country.

The meeting attended by Army chief General Raheel Sharif discussed internal security and NAP implementation.

The upcoming talks between Prime Minister’s Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval were also discussed during the meeting.

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Further, sources said the launch of a ground offensive in North Waziristan Agency’s mountainous Shawal Valley came under discussion during the high-level meeting.

The meeting comes a day after the premier's one-day visit to Karachi where he confirmed the security situation in the metropolis has significantly improved since the Karachi Operation.

With the Karachi Operation approaching two years since its initiation, its progress was reviewed in the meeting. PM Nawaz, during Thursday's visit  vowed to make the Karachi operation successful at all costs, offering any kind of assistance for eliminating terrorism out of the city.

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The premier strongly condemned the killing of Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada's death and discussed how to further implement the NAP in Punjab.

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Sartaj Aziz, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi along with other high level officials were in attendance of the meeting.