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NSC Approves Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Feels Nawaz

First-Ever National Security Policy Will Return only after Deal

recently formed 21-member com-
mittee for formulation of the party’s
constitution as the CEC of the party.
He said the party would make
slight changes in its constitution of

2015 after which the polls would be
organized.
Mr Khan had dissolved the
party’s organizational structure

after its recent defeat in the first
phase of local body elections in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He had also
formed the 21-member committee
to amend the party’s constitution.
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran FAWAD FROM P13

Khan hinted on Thursday that for- “This fight is very important for

mer prime minister and supremo Pakistan’s survival and only by win-
of the Pakistan Muslim League-N ning it can we or any other country
(PML-N) Nawaz Sharif will not re- move forward.”

turn to the country without first The information minister once

striking a “secret deal” on the issue. again pointed to the decline in In-

The security policy was unveiled at the 36th NSC meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan with the participation of key “He [Nawaz Sharif] had also dia under Prime Minister Narendra

ministers, chairman joint chiefs of staff committee, all services chiefs, national security advisor and senior civil and military of- returned to the country from Saudi Modi’s government which he said

ficers, according to a press release issued after the meeting Arabia [in 2007] under a deal,” the was “spreading extremism in the

prime minister said while talking to name of a religious majority”.

Islamabad: The National Security statement said. He directed the NSA to pres- some journalists in the corridors of Chaudhry said a movement

Committee (NSC) — the highest “To ensure this citizen-centric ent an implementation progress re- the Parliament House. was needed to effectively propagate
forum for coordination on security approach to security, the NSP put port to the NSC every month. When he was asked about re- Jinnah’s message and understanding
issues — on Monday approved the economic security at the core,” Yu- The NSC members, while ap- ports that Mr Sharif could return of Pakistan to the common people.

country’s first-ever National Secu- suf told the meeting. proving the policy, appreciated the to the country soon, Mr Khan said:

rity Policy aimed at strengthening According to the NSA, a stron- National Security Division and all “When he [Nawaz] had gone to Veteran journalist
the security apparatus to tackle all ger economy would create addi- other government departments for Saudi Arabia, we used to hear that
internal and external challenges as tional resources that would in turn the effort, the statement added. he was [either] coming today or to- Mohammad

well as ensuring the protection of be judiciously distributed to further Meanwhile, revitalization of morrow.”
citizens. bolster military and human secu- the Planning Committee and the In response to a question re- Ziauddin passes away

The security policy was un- rity. expansion of NSC’s Advisory Board garding speeches by Leader of the
veiled at the 36th NSC meeting It was highlighted that a de- was also unanimously approved by Opposition in the National Assem-
chaired by Prime Minister Imran tailed implementation framework the participants during the meet- bly Shehbaz Sharif, the prime min-
Khan with participation from key had been created through which ing. ister said: “[A] speech of Shehbaz
ministers, chairman joint chiefs of the National Security Division The new policy will now be Sharif is like his job application.”

staff committee, all services chiefs, would review progress in collabo- presented to the federal cabinet for He said his government was

national security advisor and se- ration with relevant ministries and its imprimatur before it is officially managing its affairs well and was

nior civil and military officers, ac- departments. adopted. “A public version of the under no threat from the opposi-

cording to a press release issued In his remarks, Prime Minister document will be released in due tion. “The government is not in

after the meeting. Imran Khan emphasized that the course.” trouble,” he remarked.

Briefing the meeting, National security of Pakistan rested in the Earlier this month, the premier Earlier in the day, Prime Min-
Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed security of its citizens and reposed had said that national security was ister Khan presided over a special

Yusuf highlighted that Pakistan confidence that Pakistan was well more than just a matter of focus- meeting of the federal cabinet that

was shifting to a comprehensive prepared to meet any internal and ing on military might, adding that approved the Supplementary Fi-
national security framework while external threats. it encompassed inclusive growth as nance Bill 2021, which was subse- Islamabad: Noted journalist Mo-
the ultimate purpose of national se- Terming the NSP’s formula- well. quently introduced in the National hammad Ziauddin passed away

curity was to ensure the safety and tion and approval a historic mo- The prime minister said a simi- Assembly by Finance Minister Monday, November 29, 2021, after
security of citizens. ment, the premier noted that the lar focus was needed on human de- Shaukat Tarin. a prolonged illness. He was 83.

The meeting was informed policy must guide all organs of the velopment as well and called upon In a tweet on the matter, fed- Born in 1938 in the Indian city
that the policy had been devised government to ensure that their the audience to highlight the issues eral Information Minister Fawad of Madras, Ziauddin breathed his
with the consultation of all stake- efforts are synchronized with the in Pakistan’s three-tiered education Chaudhry said the cabinet had ap- last at his Islamabad residence. His

holders concerned, the official overall direction of the NSP. system. proved the finance bill and it would family had migrated to Dhaka, then

Rana Shamim Affidavit: IHC to Frame Charges be tabled in the National Assembly. East Pakistan, in 1952, five years af-

ter Partition. They moved to Kara-
Prime Minister Khan also pre-

against Ex-Judge, Others on January 7 sided over a meeting of the Paki- chi in West Pakistan by 1960.
He was associated with jour-
stan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) par-
liamentary party where Mr Tarin nalism for almost 60 years and dur-

Islamabad: The Islamabad High- Nisar, during his visit to GB, made a explained features of the finance ing his stint as a journalist, worked

Court (IHC) on Tuesday set Janu- call to an IHC judge and asked him bill and responded to the legislators’ with all the major newspapers of
ary 7, 2022, as the date for framing to ensure that former prime minis- queries about amendments to the Pakistan, The Muslim, The News,

charges against former Gilgit-Baltis- ter Nawaz Sharif and his daughter State Bank Act. Dawn and The Express Tribune

tan chief justice Rana Shamim and Maryam Nawaz were not released After the meeting, Foreign with great distinction.

others in a case related to an in- on bail before July 25, 2018 general Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi As per The Express Tribune,
vestigative report highlighting an elections. The affidavit was pub- told journalists that it was the par- his first job in the field of journal-

affidavit attributed to the ex-judge lished as part of an investigative re- liamentarians’ right to be acquaint- ism was as a cub reporter at the

in which he accused former jurist port by The News on Nov 15. ed with the legislation about to be Pakistan Press International (PPI).
Mian Saqib Nisar of colluding to Justice Minallah had subse- tabled in the parliament. He then went on to work for the
deny bails to PML-N leadership quently taken notice of the report In response to a question, he Pakistan Press Agency – and since

prior to the 2018 elections. and later issued show-cause notices said parliament was empowered to then he worked at different news
During the hearing, Shamim to Abbasi, Rehman, Ghouri as well amend any law with a simple ma- organizations in editorial positions

opened his original affidavit — sub- as Shamim under the Contempt of jority, if required, to remove any with The Express Tribune being his

mitted earlier in Dec, more than a the former judge to submit his origi- Court Ordinance. lacuna in it. last.
month after it was mentioned in the nal affidavit in three previous hear- During the hearing, the IHC The meeting of the PTI’s par- In July 2014, Ziauddin re-

report published in The News — ings, warning that charges would chief justice observed that Shamim’s liamentary party was attended by signed as the executive editor of the
on the court’s instructions. Justice be framed if the maker of the af- written response submitted to the cabinet members as well as other English daily and went on to work

Minallah asked Shamim if the docu- fidavit, Shamim; the publisher and court had “laid the entire blame” on members of the parliament. as a freelance journalist.

ment was the former judge’s affidavit editor-in-chief of Jang Group Mir journalist Ansar Abbasi, recalling Party elections: The prime The country’s top political
and whether he had sealed it himself Shakeelur Rehman; senior journal- that the former jurist had also main- minister also chaired a meeting of leadership and journalist communi-
to which Shamim replied in the af- ist Ansar Abbasi and resident editor tained that he had not shared the af- the PTI’s Central Executive Com- ty paid rich tributes to Mohammad

firmative. Amer Ghouri failed to show it was fidavit with anyone. mittee (CEC), which decided the Ziauddin for his professional integ-

Justice Minallah also directed executed and published for bona He added that in similar cir- party would hold its elections in rity and outstanding contributions.
that copies of the affidavit be pro- fide purpose. cumstances, courts in the United 2022 under its slightly amended His death will be widely mourned

vided to Attorney General Khalid In the ‘leaked’ affidavit, on Kingdom asked journalists to dis- constitution of 2015. and he will be greatly missed by his

Jawed Khan. which Ansar Abbasi’s report was close their sources but the IHC The information minister told colleagues and friends. May his soul

The IHC had earlier directed based, Shamim allegedly stated that would not do so. Dawn the meeting declared the rest in peace. (Ameen)
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