National Security committee session to be held tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has summoned an in-camera session of the the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) tomorrow.

The venues of the venue has been changed from the National Assembly Hall to the PM’s Office at 3 PM on Wednesday, June 22 (tomorrow).

PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed have also been invited to attend the meeting of the parliamentary committee. Leader of the Opposition Raja Riaz will also attend the meeting.

NA Secretariat official said no instruction have been issued regarding using the National Assembly Hall for the purpose.

A day earlier, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi submitted a resolution to designate the assembly hall for the session. The resolution was approved by the lawmakers.

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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 peace talks with banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) being held in Kabul.

The meeting will also review the law and order situation in the country and the relations wit neighbouring countries The situation in Afghanistan will also be discussed.

Military leadership and heads of national security agencies will brief the parliamentary committee and answer their questions.

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