The National Command Authority (NCA) in its important meeting on Wednesday expressed satisfaction about the state of preparedness to take on any misadventure by India and assured the nation that Pakistan can thwart designs of its enemies who are out to ruin peace of the region for their political and ulterior motives.
The 24th meeting of the NCA, the first in the incumbent government, took stock of the overall environment of peace in the region. The authority took certain decisions to deal with the upcoming situation and developments in the region, especially India’s war mongering also came under discussion.
The sources told The News on Wednesday evening that the NCA assured the nation that it would live up to the expectations of fellow countrymen and no one could think of casting an evil eye towards Pakistan.
The NCA huddle was chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan and it was attended by federal ministers concerned, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Director-General of Strategic Plans Division (Secretary) Lieutenant General Sarfraz Sattar, technical advisers and others.
The Development Control Committee is also chaired by the head of government and includes CJCSC (Deputy Chairman), Services Chiefs, Director-General of Strategic Plans Division and representatives of the strategic organisations and, the scientific community. The committee controls the development of strategic assets.
It would be pertinent to mention that the NCA is country’s principal decision making body on nuclear issues. It consists of an Employment Control Committee and a Development Control Committee, as well as the Strategic Plans Division which acts as its secretariat. The Employment Control Committee is chaired by the head of the government (presently Prime Minister Imran Khan) and includes the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Chairman) Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Minister for Defence Pervaiz Khattak, Interior Sheharyar Afridi, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, services chiefs, Director-General of Strategic Plans Division (Secretary) technical advisers and others, as required by the chairman.
The Development Control Committee is also chaired by the head of government and includes CJCSC (Deputy Chairman), Services Chiefs, Director-General of Strategic Plans Division and representatives of the strategic organisations and, the scientific community.
This committee controls the development of strategic assets. The Strategic Plans Division, headed by a senior army officer, was established in the Joint Services Headquarters under the CJCSC to act as the Secretariat for the NCA and perform functions relating to planning, coordination, and establishment of a reliable command, control, communication, computers and intelligence network.
