- Meeting is scheduled to be held at Parliament House.
- Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq summoned crucial meeting.
- Parliamentary leaders’ meeting will be held in-camera.
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Syed Asim Munir, along with intelligence chiefs, will brief parliamentary leaders regarding national security matters in an important meeting at the Parliament House on October 2 (tomorrow), sources told Geo News on Tuesday.
The crucial meeting of the parliamentary leaders of the National Assembly and Senate has been summoned by Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday, the NA spokesperson said.
According to the spokesperson, the meeting is scheduled to be held on October 2 at the Parliament House.
“In the meeting, a briefing will be given on the security situation of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” said the spokesperson, revealing that the meeting will be held in-camera.
The News also reported that senior officials of security institutions and intelligence agencies will provide an in-camera briefing to the parliamentary leaders of political parties on the present security situation of the country’s two restive provinces.
It should be noted that the meeting has been scheduled following concerns expressed over the security situation in both Balochistan and KP by senior parliamentarians including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman and others on the floor of two houses.
Terrorism in Balochistan, KP
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks since the Taliban government returned to power in neighbouring Afghanistan in 2021, mostly in the northwestern border province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), but also in southwestern Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.
According to data from the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), the two most vulnerable provinces saw a sharp rise in deadly attacks last month.
The digital database of security incidents managed by the Islamabad-based think-tank suggested an alarming situation as the number of attacks jumped from 38 in July to 59 in August. These incidents included 29 attacks in KP, 28 in Balochistan, and two in Punjab.
Balochistan, on the other hand, remains vulnerable to armed men across its districts, targeting security personnel and innocent civilians.
Two days earlier, gunmen opened fire on the camp of the labourers working for a gas company and set ablaze eight bulldozers, while abducting over 20 labourers with them, the police added.
The incident came hours after seven labourers were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in a house in the province’s Panjgur district.
