Just a day after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made a rare visit to the head office of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), the premier visited the interior ministry on Friday. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan briefed Nawaz on the newly proposed draft of national security policy. The 33-page long draft was compiled by the National Counter Terrorism Authority.
According to a private TV channel Officials said that the new policy will focus on causes of terrorism, nature and extent of terrorism, evaluation of state responses and discussion on policy options. The issue of peace talks with the Taliban was also broached. PM was also briefed about the performance and working of the ministry. Prime Minister Nawaz had called for increased coordination between intelligence agencies. The prime minister was accompanied by Federal Ministers Ishaq Dar‚ Pervaiz Rashid and Khawaja Saad Rafique as well as Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz.