ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) meeting which lasted forover two and half hour has ended with a joint statement and a press release.

NSC termed former premier Nawaz Sharif’s comments regarding the 26/11Mumbai attacks as “incorrect and misleading”, said a statement released bythe government.

In a one-point agenda meeting pertaining to the remarks made by Nawaz,representatives of the three branches of the armed forces, Chief of ArmyStaff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, National Security Adviser (NSA)Nasser Khan Janjuga, Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)Naveed Mukhtar and other senior cabinet officials were present. PrimeMinister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired the meeting.

“The meeting reviewed the recent statement in the context of Mumbaiattacks, as it appeared in the Daily Dawn of 12th May 2018, and unanimouslytermed this statement as incorrect and misleading,” said the statement.

The high-level huddle further observed that it was “very unfortunate thatthe opinion arising out of either misconceptions or grievances was beingpresented in disregard of concrete facts and realities”.

Participants of the meeting further rejected the allegations and condemnedassertions based on false beliefs.

In a rare occurrence, Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah, was alsosummoned to the meeting in a special request by the army chief, asopposition leader isn’t part of the official NSC panel.

The meeting lasted approximately for two and half hours. The PM took Nawazinto confidence before issuing the official NSC presser.

“The meeting recalled that it was not Pakistan, but India that has delayedthe finalisation of the case. Besides many other refusals during theinvestigation, the denial of access to the principal accused, Ajmal Qasab,and his extraordinarily hurried execution became the core impediment in thefinalisation of the trial. At the same time Pakistan continues to wait forcooperation from India on the infamous Kulbhushan Jadhav and SamjhotaExpress episodes,” the press release read.