AIRLINK 172.80 Decreased By ▼ -2.93 (-1.67%)
BOP 13.27 Increased By ▲ 0.15 (1.14%)
CNERGY 7.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-1.86%)
FCCL 43.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.51 (-1.16%)
FFL 14.97 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.27%)
FLYNG 26.45 Decreased By ▼ -0.45 (-1.67%)
HUBC 129.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.53 (-0.41%)
HUMNL 13.25 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-0.67%)
KEL 4.42 Decreased By ▼ -0.08 (-1.78%)
KOSM 6.01 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.83%)
MLCF 55.26 Decreased By ▼ -0.77 (-1.37%)
OGDC 212.10 Decreased By ▼ -2.67 (-1.24%)
PACE 5.91 Decreased By ▼ -0.07 (-1.17%)
PAEL 41.20 Increased By ▲ 0.30 (0.73%)
PIAHCLA 16.36 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.25%)
PIBTL 9.58 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-1.74%)
POWER 11.54 Decreased By ▼ -0.22 (-1.87%)
PPL 178.30 Decreased By ▼ -3.18 (-1.75%)
PRL 33.45 Decreased By ▼ -0.77 (-2.25%)
PTC 22.82 Decreased By ▼ -0.24 (-1.04%)
SEARL 94.25 Decreased By ▼ -1.47 (-1.54%)
SILK 1.17 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (2.63%)
SSGC 34.91 Decreased By ▼ -0.54 (-1.52%)
SYM 15.79 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.25%)
TELE 7.81 Decreased By ▼ -0.06 (-0.76%)
TPLP 10.82 Decreased By ▼ -0.16 (-1.46%)
TRG 60.90 Increased By ▲ 0.40 (0.66%)
WAVESAPP 10.76 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.46%)
WTL 1.33 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-1.48%)
YOUW 3.80 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.8%)
BR100 12,019 Decreased By -35.1 (-0.29%)
BR30 36,238 Decreased By -228.7 (-0.63%)
KSE100 113,747 Decreased By -609.5 (-0.53%)
KSE30 35,071 Decreased By -276.1 (-0.78%)

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Defence observed that the expeditious rolling out of the National Security Policy, currently under formulation was the need of the hour as welfare and wellbeing of the people of Pakistan lay at the core of security.

The committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senator Walid Iqbal.

Former Caretaker Minister for Defence Minister, former Secretary Defence Lt Gen Naeem Khalid Lodhi (retired) posited that National Security Policy simultaneously linked with national welfare policy must provide a unified concept to a nation’s foreign policy, economic policy, defence policy and all domestic policies to operate within one larger framework.

Any nation’s goal in safeguarding its interests must be consistent with national aspirations.

He stressed that “if we are really serious to fight back the hybrid threat, then the first step would be an acceptance that the planning and execution of any counter plan will have to be hybrid in nature, and only a small portion of the campaign may fall in the purview of kinetics.”

It would require a transformation in the idea of warfare, and involve adjustments in the organization, equipment and training of the institutions undertaking these operations.

Senator Mushahid Hussan Sayed observed that Pakistan, at this time, enjoyed the strategic space to hit India hard in hybrid theatre and was likely to achieve a great success if it employed clarity of policy.

Senator Gen Abdul Qayyum (retired) said Pakistan should adopt a proactive rather than reactive approach.

Senators Sajjad Hussain Turi and Mir Kabeer Ahmed Muhammad Shahi apprised the committee of the national security challenges in their areas of former FATA and Balochistan respectively.

Senator Javed Abbasi emphasized that formulation and implementation of an effective NSP must be an inclusive rather an exclusive process.

The meeting was attended by senators Gen Abdul Qayyum (retired), Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Dilawar Khan, Sajjad Hussain Turi, Javed Abbasi, Mir Kabeer Ahmed Muhammad Shahi, secretary Ministry of Defece and senior officer of the Ministry of Defence.

The chairman of the committee also presented a souvenir to Lt Gen Naeem Khalid Lodhi (retired).

Copyright Business Recorder, 2021

Comments

Comments are closed.