ISLAMABAD: The National security Committee meeting ends with decision for continuing peace talks with terrorists, claim sources.
Official news agency of Pakistan Associated Press of Pakistan (AAP) released following two liner statement:
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a high level meeting to review law and order situation in the country.
Radio Pakistan also reports almost same version of AAP as follow:
A high level security meeting was held on Tuesday in Islamabad with Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in the chair.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Chief of the General Staff General Ashfaq Nadeem, Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi are also present. The meeting reviewed in detail the existing security situation in the country.
An emergency meeting of the national security committee was held at the PM House in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the deteriorating security situation in the country.
The meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while the Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Chief of the General Staff General Ashfaq Nadeem, DG ISI Lt. General Zaheerul Islam and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi were also present in the meeting.
The emergency meeting was summoned shortly after militants belonging to the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked Karachi airport in an assault that left 29 dead.
The recent terrorist attacks on security forces and national installations which have been claimed by the terror outfit came under discussion during the meeting.
Sources claim that Interior Minister Ch Nisar was of the opinion that peace talks with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) should give another chance and maintained that peace talks were only good option to avoid disasters like of Karachi Airport attack by TTP.
“Pakistan Air Force will continue to strike terrorists in tribal areas. Karachi incident is eye opener for security agencies that commitment, resolve, strategy, resources and weaponry strength of TTP is still high to attack it on ground or engage with it on grounds and forces should keep air strike till such time TTP is weaker and let peace talks continue because there is a possibility that talks becomes successful with some of TTP groups”, added sources.
