PM chairs high-level security meeting with military officials

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was heading a high-level meeting with military officials on Monday to review the prevailing security situation in the country, DawnNews reported.

The meeting was being attended by Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Zaheer ul Islam, Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif.

The meeting discussed strategies relating to peace talks with Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan as well as today’s incident at the court.

The army chief briefed the prime minister on the military’s stance on talks with the TTP. The goals achieved in North Waziristan were also discussed.

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PM chairs high-level meeting on national security

Hussain Naqvi

Mar 03, 2014 04:51pm

This is very strange that despite such fatal attacks by the terrorists they are still convening indecisive meetings. Why they don't go to eliminate the enemy from their hide outs enabling the common individuals to feel secure. The policy makers must note that it is the strategic policy of the enemy to gain time to reinforced itself for full scale abnoxious activities. Please initiate action against them the masses are awaiting your positive response.

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Mumbai-Nagpur Online

Mar 03, 2014 06:07pm

So the next Air strikes are very soon in tribal areas.

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asfi

Mar 03, 2014 06:49pm

@Mumbai-Nagpur Online: No, Ch Sahab's invitation for cricket match has been accepted.

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Shuaib Mahbub

Mar 03, 2014 07:32pm

@Hussain Naqvi: I agree although today they condemned the attack in Islamabad yet it may still be a part of one of their several organizations and only they can put an end to this quagmire Pakistan govt must not give the enemies of the country to regroup. Pak. Military should go all at them with their full might. Strike when the iron is hot.

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Shahan

Mar 03, 2014 08:50pm

@Hussain Naqvi: They are cowards. only one party speaks openly against TTP and that is MQM. rest are just cowards!

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malick

Mar 03, 2014 09:27pm

PM sher sahib please response this wicket.

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ahsan

Mar 03, 2014 10:04pm

It takes brutal killing of 60 thousand brave Pakistanis to compel our government to kill 100 talib terrorists. Going my simple mathematics, another one crore 20 lakh ( 120,00000) Pakistanis will have to die brutal deaths for government to eliminate all 25 thousand to 30 thousand of these vermin.

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Fareed

Mar 03, 2014 11:23pm

Sharif Sahib , while you are discussing security situation, talibans already killed a judge & 11 others in a court, in Islamabad. When are you going to realize that you are talking to just one group, there are dozens other. Talibans are not idealogue, but a bunch of cutthroat bandits.

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Mar 04, 2014 02:13am

@asfi:And Imran Khan has agreed to bowl although he declined to start the ball. Shahidullah sahid will be the opening batsman for the TTP team.

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Suresh

Mar 04, 2014 06:59am

Dawn, you should close your comments if you dont like honest opinion. Mr PM, how many more meetings you want to convene before you take any action against these terrorists. Everyday innocent citizens are killed by these illiterate TTPs who only understands the language of 'lato ke bhot bato se nahin mante'. Please dont deal with them, they are buying time to regroup and again kill innocent citizens.

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Syed

Mar 05, 2014 12:20am

Now we are sure that these Nawaz Sharif chaps have been paid by these terrorists to purchase the elections and so called MANDATE or MANDAKE. Otherwise people are being killed left and right and he is talking of "Muzakrat Muzakrat" like "Mazaq-e-Jmhuriat" or Zardari's"Mafahamat". For who's protection they are getting people killed by these paid terrorists.

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