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Gilani and Kayani discuss drone attacks

* Gilani tells NA ISI will take parliamentary committee on security into confidence

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani on Friday briefed Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on the prevailing security situation in the country, the spike in US drone attacks in the Tribal Areas and the war on terror.

Kayani – who called on Gilani at Prime Minister’s House – also told the country’s chief executive about his visits to Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the NATO headquarters and his interaction with various officials.

According to a government statement, a unanimous resolution on national security adopted by parliament also came under discussion, in addition to an upcoming briefing to the parliamentary committee on national security by the foreign minister, the defence minister, the interior adviser and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general. National Assembly: The prime minister earlier told the National Assembly that the proceedings of the briefing would be in-camera. He said the ISI chief would take the committee into confidence over the prevailing situation in the country. APP quoted him as saying that the briefing was likely to take place in a week.

Gilani condemned the bomb blast at a Shia cleric’s funeral in Dera Ismail Khan on Friday. He also told the House that the victims of Wednesday’s suicide attack in Bannu would be compensated.

Replying to another point of order, Inter-Provincial Coordination Minister Mian Raza Rabbani condemned a rocket attack in Bannu on Friday. He said the provincial government was investigating the attack, and the findings would be made public. staff report

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