DG ISI briefing at the Parliament House over National Security

DG ISI briefing at the Parliament House over National Security

ISLAMABAD – The Parliamentary Committee on National Security would bebriefed by DG Inter-Services Intelligence Lieutenant General Faiz Hameedand other top officials today at the Parliament House in wake of thedevelopments in Afghanistan and matters of national security.

The in-camera meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Securitywill be held at the Parliament House today while Speaker of the NationalAssembly Asad Qaiser will chair the session.

Leader of the Opposition in the NA Shahbaz Sharif, Leader of the Oppositionin the Senate Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari,JUI-F Parliamentary leader Maulana Asad Mahmood, ANP leader Ameer HaiderAzam Khan Hoti, and other members will attend the in-camera briefing.

Reports cited that the officials of the service would brief the MPs onreconciliation dialogue, fighting between Afghan Taliban and AfghanNational Army.

The situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir andbackchannel contacts between India and Pakistan will also be discussed atthe high-profile briefing.

The 29-member committee will get an opportunity to avail a QA session, thesources claimed while it further added that it would be the first meetingof the committee in about eight months as opposition earlier boycotted theprevious meeting in November.