The National Security Council (NSC) on Monday approved Pakistan’s first-ever National Security Policy (NSP) 2022-2026, which aims at bolstering the country’s economic security and tackling external as well as internal challenges. The security policy was unveiled at the 36th NSC meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan. Briefing the participants on the salient features of the NSP, National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf highlighted that Pakistan was shifting to a comprehensive national security framework, emphasising that the ultimate purpose of national security was to ensure the safety and security of citizens. Also read: Economy, national security inter-linked: NSA‘A dynamic document’The NSC is a principal forum mandated for considering national security and foreign policy matters with the senior national security advisers and cabinet ministers. He said that the process of consultations with stakeholders for the formulation of the National Security Policy was initiated in 2014 after the establishment of the National Security Division.

Source: The Express Tribune December 28, 2021 19:03 UTC