Evolving situation in Afghanistan: Shehbaz demands joint session of Parliament in-camera

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has demanded an in-camera session for the parliamentarians and a joint session of the Parliament to discuss the evolving situation in Afghanistan.

In a statement, Shehbaz said the people's representatives should deliberate on the evolving situation in Afghanistan. There was a need for a serious assessment of the situation and its possible impacts on Pakistan. The state-of-affairs in Afghanistan has an effect on the entire region.

"Under such evolving circumstances, a national consensus and a unified narrative is essential," he stressed, adding that all stakeholders being on one page was crucial for national interest.

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