National Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed Yusuf said on Thursday that Afghan soil was still being utilized against the country, adding that terrorist networks were operational in Pakistan’s neighboring country.
Yusuf made these remarks as he briefed the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on the security situation of the country.
During the briefing, the NSA said that the government was “not entirely optimistic” regarding the arrival of the Taliban government in war-torn Afghanistan. He also briefed the lawmakers that the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had one-sidedly broken off the month-long ceasefire that they had agreed with the government. Yusuf cautioned that anyone “who declares war on the country will be deal with an iron fist”.
The NSA also briefed the committee regarding the recently approved National Security Policy. He said that work on the policy had been initiated in 2014 under the former adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz. Yusuf briefed that the policy took seven years to complete and was presented before the Parliamentary Committee on National Security. He added that it will not be implemented until the parliament approved it.
Yusuf briefed that the policy focused on the economic security of the country and the common citizens of the country. He concluded that governance was not party of the policy for the time being. He clarified that some measures listed in the policy were long-term while others were short-term measures.
