Pak army generals to meet today

Meet to consider law and order situation in Karachi and the government's planned dialogue process with the Taliban

Pakistan's army generals will meet today for the corps commanders' conference that is likely to take into account the law and order situation in Karachi and the government's planned dialogue process with the Taliban.

 

The conference here coincides with a special session of the cabinet in Karachi on the law and order situation.

 

The government seems ready for an operation in the port city which will be executed through civilian law enforcement agencies.

 

The army has been asked to monitor the crackdown and provide intelligence support to law enforcement agencies through its intelligence outfits.

 

The other crucial issue before the military's top brass will be that of the government's planned talks with Taliban.

 

"Corps Commanders Conference being held today at the #GH will review the prevailing security situation apart from routine professional matters," Inter Services Public Relations chief Maj Gen Asim Bajwa tweeted early this morning.

 

A cabinet committee on national security, with representation from all services, has been constituted as the apex body on security matters. Its first task is to prepare a national security policy from which foreign, defence, security and related policies would flow.

 

Meanwhile, the Dawn reported that calm has returned to the Line of Control after a fortnight of shelling in which three Pakistani soldiers and two civilians lost their lives, but generals will ponder over wider implications of attacks for bilateral ties.

 

The army chief visited troops deployed on the LoC yesterday in his first trip to forward positions on the LoC since skirmishes erupted last month.