PM chairs Apex Committee meeting in KP to review security situation: state media
- Federal, provincial, and military leaders to discuss security and counter-terrorism.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is chairing an Apex Committee meeting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to review the security situation and counter-terrorism efforts with key federal, provincial, and military leaders.
- Key attendees at the high-level security meeting.
- Measures being taken to combat terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Overall security situation in the province.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chaired an important meeting of the Apex Committee at the Governor House in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, state media Radio Pakistan reported, citing security sources.
The sources said the meeting is being attended by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, federal and provincial ministers and relevant officials. Senior military leadership is also participating in the Apex Committee meeting.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir and Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal are also among the participants of the meeting.
They said the meeting is being held to review the overall security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and measures being taken to combat terrorism.
The development comes weeks after the federal government imposed emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after President Asif Ali Zardari approved the federal cabinet’s recommendation, over disagreement between the centre and province over counterterrorism measures.
The moves had been approved under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution, the President’s Office said.
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