ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the first meeting of theNational Internal Security Committee on Thursday.
He directed Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi take opposition partiesinto confidence over the National Acton Plan.
On March 17, the Qureshi had invited all political parties to discuss theimplementation of NAP on Thursday. The meeting was scheduled to be held atParliament House at 4pm.
In his invitation letter, Qureshi said NAP was the result of a nationalconsensus achieved through consultations with all the political partiesafter the terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar onDecember 16, 2014.
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Many opposition parties declined to participate because of differentreasons. Some raised their reservations over the extension of militarycourts. They say that the current government wants to extend their term bytwo years.
During the meeting, PM Khan directed the foreign minister to remove thereservation of the opposition parties.
