Military to brief MPs on national security tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Military officials will brief parliamentary leaders of both the Upper and Lower houses of Parliament on Wednesday (tomorrow) on national security issues, according to a statement issued by the National Assembly.

The military officials will brief the parliamentarians in a meeting called by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser.According to the NA’s Twitter account, invitations have been sent to PTI’s Parliamentary leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, PML-N’s Khawaja Asif, PPP’s Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, MMA’s Asad Mahmood and PML-Q’s Tariq Bashir Cheema.

Furthermore, BNP-M’s Akhtar Mengal, MQM’s Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddqui and BAP’s Khalid Hussain Mangi have also been invited. The NA also said invitations have been sent out to GDA’s Ghous Bakhsh Khan Mehar, Awami Muslim League’s Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and ANP’s Amir Haider Azam Khan. From Senate, invites have been sent to Mushahidullah Khan, Sherry Rehman, Muhammad Ali Khan Saif, Mir Akber Ahmed, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haderi, Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar, Sirajul Haq, Sitara Ayaz, Dr Jahanzaib Jamaldini, Anwar ul Haq Kakar and Aurangzeb Khan.

The NA further said federal ministers Pervaiz Khattak, Ijaz Ahmed Shah, Ali Amin Gandapur, Shafqat Mahmood, Asad Umar, Shibli Faraz and PM’s adviser Babar Awan and SAPM Dr Moeed Yusuf have also been asked to attend the session.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Khalid Javed, interim CM of GB Mir Afzal, AJK President Masood Khan and AJK PM Raja Farooq Haider have also been sent special invitations.