Military brass to brief lawmakers on national security

• Parliamentary Committee on national security session has been summoned
• COAS General Bajwa and DG ISI will brief the lawmakers
• The committee will be briefed on peace talks with TTP

ISLAMABAD: An in-camera session of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) has been convened to discuss the security situation in the country.

The session will be held in the National Assembly Hall on Tuesday (tomorrow) at 1.30 PM.

Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi submitted a resolution to designate the house for the session. The resolution was approved by the lawmakers.

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum will brief the committee on national security.

The parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) will also be briefed on ongoing talks with banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) being held in Kabul for a ceasefire.

According to reports, the in-camera session is being held after the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) raised objections over the ongoing talks bypassing parliament.

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PPP had mounted pressure on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to summon the meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) and summoned an All-Parties Conference (APC) regarding the peace talks.

Days earlier, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid has said that the negotiations between the TTP and Pakistani government have concluded in Kabul.

The Afghan Taliban official said that his side played the role of a mediator. He said both sides have reached an agreement on an “indefinite” ceasefire during ongoing peace talks.

He assured that in case the negotiations between the TTP and Pakistan fail, then the Taliban would not allow the Afghan Taliban would not allow the Afghan soil to be used for attacks against Pakistan.

On June 3, the federal government for the first time publicly acknowledged it was negotiating a peace deal with the outlawed outfit.

Both sides have been holding talks for the last several weeks. A delegation of tribal leaders even visit Kabul to participate in the talks.

The TTP had replaced put forward several demands including reversal of FATA merger, monetary compensation and not surrendering their arms. The Pakistani side had refused to accede to the terms.

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