Amid friction between the government and army Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will preside over a significant meeting on national security today (Thursday) to discuss several essential issues including peace negotiations.
Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (DG ISI) Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam and Director General Intelligence Bureau (DG IB) Aftab Sultan will brief the meeting over the security situation.
The government is trying to develop consensus over concerted security policy seeing Taliban refused to extend the ceasefire beyond its deadline and in this regard the PM also met the PPP chief Asif Ali Zardari