ISLAMABAD - A meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) has been called today to discuss the latest security situation in Afghanistan following the reports of the resignation of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Credible official sources told The Nation that Prime Minister Imran Khan would chair the NSC meeting.
NSA Moeed Yusuf and other top security officials will brief the meeting on the prevailing security and political situation in Afghanistan and its possible security implications for Pakistan.
The meeting would be attended by Ministers for interior, defence, information, foreign affairs. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee, Chief of Army Staff, NAVAL CHIEF and Air Chief would also attend the meeting.
DG ISI Lt Gen Faiz Hameed would also attend the meeting along with the national security team.
Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, would give a political briefing to the meeting and would share his report about his earlier talks in Doha with Taliban as well as the troika plus on Afghanistan.
High-level Afghan delegation arrives in Islamabad
Also, a high-level Afghan political delegation headed by speaker of the Ulusi Jirga (National Assembly) Mir Rehman Rehmani has arrived in Islamabad for consultations with Pakistani leadership over the evolving situation in Afghanistan in the wake of the reports of resignation of Ashraf Ghani from Presidency.
Pakistan’s special representative for Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq confirmed the arrival of the delegation.
Both Ambassador Sadiq and Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul Ambassador Mansoor Ahmed Khan received the delegation at the Islamabad airport on Sunday.
The members include Salauddin Rabbani, Muhammad Younais Qanooni, Ustad Muhammad Karim Khalili, Ahmed Zia Masood, Ahmed Wali Masood, Abdul Latif Pedram and Khalid Noor.
The delegation would meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah mehmood Qureshi, Speaker National Assembly Asad qaiser and Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani.
The delegation would hold dialogue with Pakistani parliamentarians on the future of peace in Afghanistan.
