PM Nawaz to visit Karachi today
PM Nawaz Sharif will reach Karachi today ahead of scheduled cabinet meeting in city.
KARACHI (dunya News) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will reach Karachi today (Tuesday). The PM is scheduled to preside over a federal cabinet meeting on the city’s deteriorating law and order situation tomorrow (Wednesday).
Special meeting of the federal cabinet scheduled for today‚ will now be held on Wednesday in Karachi with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in chair.
Ministry of Interior will submit its report on law and order situation and furnish recommendations for the restoration of peace in Karachi.
The meeting will be held at the Governor House. The Sindh Governor and Chief Minister besides political leadership of Karachi‚ heads of security agencies including Director General Rangers‚ Inspector General Sindh Police will attend the meeting.
The Prime Minister will take the political parties into confidence on Karachi s situation and seek their support for maintenance of law and order there.
The meeting will finalize a strategy to take across the board action against the criminal elements in Karachi.
Meanwhile, chairing a high-level meeting to review the overall security situation of the country in Islamabad on Monday, the prime minster said that all political forces must rise to the occasion so that national consensus is evolved to address the problems faced by the country.
The meeting discussed the issues pertaining to national security, including the internal and external threats faced by the country.
The prime minister said that national security is the top most priority of the present government and all resources would be utilized to ensure it.
He further said that all political forces must join hands so that national consensus is evolved to address the problems faced by the country.
He added that broad-based national consensus among all stakeholders would surely enable nation to find enduring solutions to the problems.
Ch Nisar Ali Khan, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Tariq Fatemi Special Assistant to PM and Lt Gen Muhammad Zaheer ul Islam DG ISI also attended the meeting.
