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Sharif chairs security meet to decide on strategy in Jadhav case

Sharif chairs security meet to decide on strategy in Jadhav case

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting of the country’s top civil and military officials to discuss Islamabad’s strategy to counter India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav spy case ahead of the next hearing at the International Court of Justice CJ.

Sources privy to the meeting as saying that the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting discussed Pakistan’s options and preparation to defend its stance in the case, whose next hearing is scheduled on June 8.

The meeting was attended by army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Hayat, naval chief Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah, air chief Sohail Aman and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Adviser to Sharif on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, and the National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. (redt) Nasser Khan Janjua participated in the meeting.

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