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Army chief to brief lawmakers on LoC situation at GHQ
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa will brief the parliamentarians next week on “hostile situation at Line of Control” in the aftermath of recent tension between India and Pakistan.
The briefing, to be held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on April 4, will be attended by the members of standing committees of the National Assembly and Senate on defence.
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It will be the second briefing by the COAS to the parliamentarians over one month. Earlier, parliamentarians were briefed in an in-camera session held at Parliament House on Feb 27, the day the Pakistan Air Force shot down two Indian fighter jets. However, Prime Minister Imran Khan did not attend the briefing.
Members of NA, Senate defence committees to attend briefing on April 4
The briefing would be attended by a number of prominent leaders from the opposition parties, including former ministers, as they are members of the two committees.
According to a notification issued by the National Assembly Secretariat, chairman of the NA committee Amjad Ali Khan would lead the MNAs’ delegation. Members of committee include Tahir Sadiq, Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf, Syed Faizul Hassan, Barjees Tahir, Ijaz Ahmad Shah, Riazul Haq, Mohammad Khan Daha, Aurangzeb Khichi, Alam Dad Laleka, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Ghous Bux Mahar, Khursheed Ahmed Junejo, Aftab Shaban Mirani, Amer Ali Magsi, Jamil Ahmed Khan, Syed Aminul Haque, Salahuddin Ayubi, Rubina Irfan and Ramesh Kumar Vankwani.
Minister of Defence Pervez Khattak has also been invited as he is ex-officio member of both standing committees.
The MNAs have been told to assemble at Gate No 1 of Parliament House at 10am and those who intend to proceed directly to GHQ have been asked to provide registration numbers of their vehicles before the meeting.
A notification issued by the Senate Secretariat says that Chairman of Senate standing committee on defence Azam Swati will lead the members. The members who will be attending the briefing include Rehman Malik, Sherry Rehman, Anwarul Haq Kakar, Chaudhry Tanvir Khan, Khushbakht Shujaat, retired Lt Gen Abdul Qayyum, Kabeer Ahmed Mohammad Shahi, Javed Abbasi, Talha Mahmood, Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Mushtaq Ahmed and Sajjad Hussain Turi.
A few days ago Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that the possibility of a misadventure from India could not be ignored.
Earlier Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had said that the armed forces needed to remain alert as the Narendra Modi government might make another misadventure before Indian elections.
Published in Dawn, March 31st, 2019
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Looks like many leaders have been called to pay tribute to the BIG BOSS in his lair. What a country
No question about who is the boss?
Waste of time. They are not serious about country security otherwise they would ve raised voice against Bilawal's recent comments.
Why such a news on front page its not a big or surprising news.
We are loosing our edge.
All well on the border?
I think there will be another increase in military budget after this meeting. But it’s needed because of hostile neighbors.
What happened suddenly ?
Pulwama has extracted a heavy price for Pakistan. Military alertness has an economic price to pay.
But our most party leaders law makers like mawaz sharif, zardari, bilawal,benazir, iltaf hussain and so on have been proven to be security risk for the country therefore it might not be a good idea to share secret information with them.
None of the standing committee are of any worth. Briefing them is like briefing the media, no one knows where the info will land up. Besides by briefing them what will they do.
Nice narrative to cause trouble by Pakistan.
Its good for pak and Asia and world community, if they start cleaning up good terrorists from their soil. 90% of pak problem will be solved and economy will automatically start growing
Not able to climb down from your heightened state of alert yet sir? Whats keeping you awake?
Well, the briefing should include all MNA's and Senate members. It may be in a joint session of National Assembly and Senate.
Why he is so worried
Get ready for renewed hostility after election. As Modi is most likely to win again.
Shouldn’t the briefing be held in the parliament?
Good, keeping the civil govt updated is correct
Narrative building and they will not open the air space for New Delhi.
keep the forces on border for three mpre months.. modi govt is going to come and we will have some serious long fight
Once there was a Nawab who had a big mansion and two security guards on it 24/7. Time passed nothing happened the Nawab decided to expel one guard and use his salary for home maintenance the knowledge came to guards and one day before the expulsion gurds rained stones on the mansion and made realize the owner their importance and need as the owner woke next day bleeding he ordered 2 more guards to defend his ground.
PM Modi is giving IK and Bajwa ,sleepless nights and how can you be on continuous alert for 80 days ? The cost of this alert exceeds15 billion USD! This will wipe out all the recent borrowings ! One can see a palpable nervousness in this briefing ! But there is a twist ? ....!
Keep yourself strong & determine always beceause this nation is standing with you. You have proved your will & might effectively. Pakistan Zindabad
Why are his eyes moist?
Why those breads of perspiration on his forehead?
@Khurram, Apply for more loans sell land that’s the only way to keep pace with India and then the irony is that these guys are happy rising ranks and take pride in that ..I agree the happiness of affording what you normally cannot with credit card is unmatchable.
Why are lawmakers going to GHQ? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
He would say what needs to be said. He can't stand there and say that we need to move all the strategic assets again to new safe locations as they are exposed. That needs money. So we need to invest in strategic assets not economic assets. Just take money from whoever is ready to give to keep the country floating for some more time, and give us our booty...
Funny the way these politicos will rush to GHQ. Big boss calls the shots, hail democracy.
Great .... it is necessory to treat ADS ( Attention deficiency syndrome )
Modi is going to win the election easily without any obstacles. In future we can able to witness this kind of meetings on regular basis.
Two jets...? Where’s the second one.
Expect these kind of meetings with continue in future as all pre-poll surveys clearly indicates Modi is going to win the coming election easily.
While General Bajwa may brief the politicians as he pleases, I'm only surprised that Parvez Khattak the ex CM of KPK and arch-crook , responsible for one of the biggest ghost educational corruption scams in Pakistani history, is walking about scot free. Shameful.
If this is the case now, these lawmakers will have to settle down permanently in GHQ if Modi comes back to power.
@Abdul Ghaffar, Curious why not in Parliament. Why at G H Q. Something fishy.
These military guys having very good lives on the back of poor Pak people and debt drowning Government.
@Indian ,
None of your business!
@Indian , none of your business you focus on your terrorist seeking re-election
@Mohit (US), what’s your concern as who is the boss....at least he is not a terrorist like modhi
Simply horrible!
Step away Imran. Boss is Boss.
Decision on continuation of Army court should be the outcome of this meet.
@Indian , Don't forget we have your piolet uniform in our museum
@Indian , : Well said. This shows you who is in charge.
@Mohit (US), as long as we can keep our enemy at bay we do not care power reside with whom.
@Mohit (US), we are loving it
@Zak, Your lack of understanding of democratic process is acknowledged.
This looks like a "summon" rather than an "invitation".
Our law-makers have proved their worth by doing nothing as of now. Why bother with briefing them about national security when their only concern is how to line their pockets and/ or save their hides.
He is under lot of stress now. He needs help.
@pro pakistani, that was a T 20 win real Test is longer version called 5 day test circket that test the real caliber
Nowhere in the developed world army chief briefs law makers especially when they are inept and corrupt like we have.