Interior minister’s US, UK visit to be discussed in NA

Islamabad
The outcome of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s visit to the United States and United Kingdom would be discussed in the National Assembly as the government is viewing it an achievement on its part since the summit in the United States didn’t criticised Muslims or Islam for terrorism.
Some delegates from adversary countries were keen on bringing Muslims and Islam in the limelight of extremism and terrorism, but they had to bite the dust. Sources told The News that Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, on his returning from his foreign trip as Interior Minister, will submit report to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is also happy about his performance in the visit.
The Chaudhry will take the Parliament into confidence what transpired in his discussions with the world leaders, the sources said. The Interior Minister visited Washington to attend a high level 3-day Summit. After Washington, he proceeded to UK and had meetings with his British counterpart Theresa Mary May and National Security Adviser Kim Darroch besides addressing UK leading think-tank IISS.
He represented Pakistan at White House Summit “Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)”, and it was convened by the White House with the aim bringing together local, federal and international leaders—including President Obama and foreign ministers—to discuss concrete steps the international community can take to develop community-oriented approaches to counter hateful extremist ideologies. The participation of over 60 ministerial level delegations clearly reflects the significance and importance of the Summit.
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan spoke during the first session of the Summit on first day and articulated Pakistan’s perspective on this critical issue of extremism. He presented a five points strategy at the Summit meeting which could form the conceptual bed rock of a global action plan in dealing with violent extremism. The five point action plan dwells on (i) strengthening local communities, (ii) winning the trust of mainstream peace loving majority, (iii) building resilience in local communities against radicalization, (iv) addressing the push factors driving people to extremism; and (v) focusing on education to promote tolerance and communal harmony.
Besides participation in the White House Summit, the interior minister met US Secretary of State Senator John Kerry, US National Security Adviser Ms Susan Rice, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Dan Feldman.
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan also spoke from the platform of United States Institute of Peace. It was the interior minister’s first visit to the United States in the last one and a half year though he had been receiving invitations a number of times to visit the US. With regard to his trip to the United Kingdom, he had meeting with his British counterpart Home Secretary Theresa May and UK National Security Adviser Sir Kim Darroch. He addressed at IISS, a leading UK think-tank before returning home.