- The PM had summoned the meeting a day earlier.
- Civilian and military leadership are attending the meeting.
- Defence Minister Khawaja Asif to brief about Afghan capital visit.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is chairing a meeting of the National Apex Committee in Islamabad to discuss the law and order situation in the country.
The PM had summoned the meeting a day earlier.
The apex committee will discuss and formulate a strategy to deal with the terrorism wave in various parts of the country.
The meeting is being attended by the civilian and military leadership of the country.
Earlier, sources had told The News that the meeting had conspicuous significance in the wake of the recent visit of defence minister and DG ISI to Kabul.
Such a high-level visit from Islamabad took place after a long pause. It is understood that the activities of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) using Afghan territory which is causing great harm to peace in Pakistan did come for detailed deliberations during the stay of the delegation in Kabul.
The sources also mentioned that Afghanistan’s Taliban administration had assured Pakistan soon after assuming power in the Afghan capital that they would not allow any terror element to use their soil against Pakistan.
The Pakistani delegation briefed Afghan interlocutors about the hideouts of TTP in Afghanistan.
The sources also added that the defence minister would place a report about his Kabul visit and brief the huddle on what transpired in the course of discussions with the Afghan interim government.
The domestic law and order situation would also be discussed in the meeting, the sources said.
It is pertinent to mention that the government had decided to hold an all-parties conference (APC) in the aftermath of the Peshawar Police Lines Mosque attack earlier this month.
In response, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan castigated the idea of calling an APC and turned down an invitation to take part in the crucial moot.
The APC was postponed and couldn’t be rescheduled.
The sources indicated that Imran did not want to be seen siding with any action that could curb the activities of the TTP and for that reason, he opted to stay away from the idea of the APC.
