PM, COAS discuss matters related to national security

Dunya News

Matters related to national and regional security and Pakistan Army were discussed.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday has met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at PM House in Islamabad.

During the meeting, matters related to national and regional security and Pakistan Army were discussed. PM and COAS also deliberated on the steps taken to counter terrorism.

Addressing a National seminar on “Pakistan’s Economy: Challenges and Way forward” organized by Institute of Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis (ISSRA) at National Defence University (NDU) last week, COAS had stated that there cannot be any sovereignty in the absence of economic progress and reiterated that countries cannot develop individually, its region which develops.

COAS said that he highlighted Pakistan’s efforts for restoring regional peace that will lead to better trade connectivity. “For our region to develop we need to have greater regional connectivity amongst all neighbors,” he added.

He said, “In difficult times no individual alone can succeed unless nation comes together unitedly. ‘It’s time to be a nation.”