PM Abbasi chairs meeting to review situation after Faizabad operation
The meeting is reviewing different options to end sit-in protest in Faizabad.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A high-level consultative meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is underway in Islamabad to discuss prevailing situation in the country after operation against sit-in protestors in Islamabad.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Naveed Mukhtar, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, other ministers and senior officials are present in the meeting, sources told.
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During the meeting, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal briefed the participants on operation against protestors. The meeting is reviewing different options to end sit-in protest in the light of Islamabad High Court (IHC) order.
The participants also discussed requisition of armed forces in aid of the civil power under Article 245 of the Constitution.
