Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday announced that a draft of Pakistan's national security policy has been completed and will be revealed within a few days.
Addressing a news conference in here on Sunday‚ Ch Nisar said the draft will first be presented in the Cabinet Committee on National Security to be held on Monday. Then it will be presented in the Federal Cabinet for approval.
Chaudhry Nisar said the policy will have three parts; one is secret, which will not be revealed. The second is strategic‚ giving a road-map as to how we will go ahead and the third part is operational. Interior Minister said the first operation to eliminate terrorism in the country is Dialogue and Peace. This decision has been taken he added. If dialogues are not successful‚ then the other options will be adopted.
He said an office order will be issued tomorrow after meeting with Secretary Election Commission under which NADRA, which is working under Interior Ministry, will transfer control regarding election matters to the Election Commission for three months. He said NADRA chief Tariq Malik’s termination was according to Law and he was restored following the court orders.
He said it was decided with the approval of the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that administrative control with reference to verification of thumb impressions relating to elections will be transferred to Election Commission for three months for transparency.
