NSC meeting underway with PM Imran Khan in chair

ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) meeting is underway to discuss the deteriorated situation of the Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK), ARY News reported on Wednesday.

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The meeting is being chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistan’s top civil and military leadership is meeting in Islamabad for the second time in a week to discuss the prevailing situation in occupied Kashmir.

The NSC is expected to take important decisions in today’s meeting.

The decision to review diplomatic relations with India is on the cards, while the committee is also expected to take the decision of closing Wagah Border.

Amid increasing tensions with India, the decision to increase deployment of the Pakistan Army personnel along the Line of Control (LoC) is also expected to be taken.

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s contacts with the world leaders would also be discussed in the meeting, said the sources.

Earlier on August 4, a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, had decided to give a befitting response to any Indian aggression across the line of control.

According to a declaration issued by the PM House, the NSC meeting had condemned the India aggression and use of cluster bomb on civilian population along the line of control (LoC),

On the occasion, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that Pakistan would always stand with Kashmiris and will not be deterred from its just stance based on United Nations Security Council’s resolutions and aspirations of Kashmiri people.