Pakistan today tasked its National Security Advisor Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua with formulating a comprehensive national security policy.
This was announced at the end of the 16th meeting of the National Security Committee which was chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi here.
"The National Security Committee tasked the National Security Advisor to finalise the National Security Policy at the earliest after taking all stakeholders on board," according to a statement by the Prime Minister's Office.
The secretary (interior) apprised the committee of the progress made in each of the 20 areas of the National Action Plan (NAP) which was announced in 2015 to eliminate militancy.
"The committee observed that while fair progress had been made in the implementation of the NAP, certain areas, such as policy and institutional reform, needed more commitment and attention," the statement said.
The committee also observed that as a responsible member of the international community, Pakistan would continue to fulfil its obligations under the Financial Action Task Force framework, which would be shared in due course with the FATF.
The foreign secretary also briefed the meeting on the OIC Extraordinary Summit and Council of Foreign Ministers Meetings held in Istanbul on December 13, following the decision by the Trump administration to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and shift the US Embassy to Jerusalem.
"The meeting observed that these two decisions had created an incomprehensible situation not just for the Muslim 'Ummah' but also for the international community in general," said the statement.
"Pakistan cannot accept the unilateral decisions taken by the Trump administration and it would continue to impress upon the US its moral and political responsibility towards a just and fair resolution of the issue and the need to revoke the steps taken," it said.
The committee also reviewed the rapidly evolving security situation in the Middle East as well as Pakistan's relations with the Gulf states and Iran.
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