ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has decided to skip a key security meeting headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The high-level security meeting was convened by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to review the escalating situation along Pakistan’s western border, where the Afghan Taliban regime launched a series of aggressive actions.
As per details, a private news outlet reported quoting sources, the meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s House and attended by the chief ministers of all three provinces, along with the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan.
The agenda includes a detailed briefing on the Pak-Afghan war, cross-border hostilities, and the overall national security environment. Officials will deliberate on Pakistan’s response strategy following repeated provocations by the Afghan side and the deteriorating situation along the border.
The session also expected to review the repatriation plan for Afghan refugees residing across the country a move being linked to the evolving dynamics of the Pakistan and Afghanistan war and rising internal security concerns.
Sources said that key decisions are likely to be made regarding national security, border management, and diplomatic measures in light of the Pak-Afghan war, which entered a sensitive phase after repeated acts of aggression by the Afghan Taliban regime.
The meeting focused on safeguarding Pakistan’s territorial integrity and ensuring a unified national approach to end hostilities and restore peace along the border, amid growing concerns over the regional fallout of the Pak-Afghan war.
