NSC said the communication “amounted to blatant interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan”
The National Security Committee (NSC) on Thursday expressed grave concern and agreed to issue a “strong demarche” over the language used by a foreign official in a document that Prime Minister Imran Khan recently described as evidence of a “foreign-funded conspiracy” against his government.
The Committee said that language of the communication used by the foreign official was “undiplomatic”.
The top security body said that “the communication amounted to blatant interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan by the country in question, which was unacceptable under any circumstances.”
Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the 37th meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) today at Prime Minister’s House. The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers of Defence, Energy, Information & Broadcasting, Interior, Finance, Human Rights, Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Services Chiefs, National Security Adviser and senior officers.
The National Security Adviser briefed the Committee on the formal communication of a senior official of a foreign country to Pakistan’s Ambassador in the said country in a formal meeting, which was duly conveyed by the Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“The committee decided that Pakistan will issue a strong demarche to the country in question both in Islamabad and in the country’s capital through proper channel in keeping with diplomatic norms.”
Participants also endorsed the cabinet’s decision to take the parliament into confidence through an in-camera briefing of the National Security Committee of the Parliament.