Islamabad: Pakistan's top military
leadership on Thursday reviewed internal and external challenges
confronting the country and the situation along the border
with India and discussed their "contemplated response" to
these issues.
A meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee held
in the garrison city of Rawalpindi discussed the "situation
along the eastern borders, developments in the Indian Ocean ?
Region and the tenuous spectre of regional strategic balance",
said a statement issued by the military.
The meeting, chaired by Joint Chiefs of Staff
Committee Chairman Gen Tariq Majid, also reviewed the
"reshaping regional dynamics, implications of the revised US
strategy for Afghanistan (and) impact of increased instability
in Afghanistan".
The military leadership reviewed the national security
scene and took "stock of evolving internal and external
challenges and the contemplated response", the statement said.
The leaders also discussed measures for dealing with
assessed security challenges confronting Pakistan, including
the "complex internal security situation".
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee reviewed ongoing
military operations against militants in the tribal areas and
considered measures for consolidating the army's position in
areas recovered from the militants and steps to rehabilitate
people displaced by months of fighting.
The committee also discussed developmental aspects of
the armed forces and expressed satisfaction at the state of
preparedness of the military.
The meeting was attended by army chief Gen Ashfaq
Parvez Kayani, naval chief Admiral Noman Bashir, air force
chief Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Inter-Services
Intelligence chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha and Strategic
Plans Division chief Khalid Kidwai.
PTI
First Published: Friday, January 15, 2010, 00:06