- Army Chief attends KPK Special Apex Committee meeting as special participant
PESHAWAR, March 13: : KPK special Apex Committee Meeting was held at Peshawar Monday with Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa as special participant.
All Civil and Military members including Governor & CM KPK and Commander Peshawar Corps participated.
The forum reviewed security situation in the province and progress of operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. Forum appreciated the efforts of Army, intelligence/Law Enforcement Agencies and pledged that concerted joint efforts will continue to energize National Action Plan and eradicate root cause of terrorism and militancy.
The forum acknowledged tremendous work done by all concerned in rehabilitation of Temporary Displaced Persons (TDPs), with 89% TDPs already returned and 93% of FATA’s areas de-notified.
Issues emanating from the presence of Afghan refugees and matters related to improved border management also came under discussion. The forum also discussed measures to facilitate process for main streaming FATA. -NNI
