Aug 21 , 2015
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PM chairs meeting on internal security
INPISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held high level meeting on Friday to review the internal security situation in Pakistan.
The meeting deliberated on various aspects of internal security and discussed implementation of the National Action Plan. The meeting comes a day after the military launched a ground offensive against the local and foreign militants in the remote and mountainous Shawal Valley of North Waziristan.
The ground operation was launched hours after air strikes in killed 43 suspected militants. Fighter jets have been pounding militant sanctuaries in Shawal since last Sunday when terrorists killed the late Shuja Khanzada in a suicide bombing in his native Shadi Khan village of Attock district. The army has been waging a major offensive to clear militant hideouts in North Waziristan since June last year. Officials say nearly 3,000 militants have been killed since the launch of the latest offensive.
The meeting was attended by Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif, Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar, Minister for Interior Ch Nisar Ali Khan; Adviser on National Security Sartaj Aziz; Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi and other high level officials.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk