PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani chaired a meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security to finalize a strategy ahead of Pakistan’s participation at the nuclear non-proliferation summit in Washington.

Director General Strategic Plans Division Khalid Qadwai and Islamabad ambassador to Beijing Masood Khan briefed the committee about the national security.

According to source, Masood told the committee that Pakistan and China would attend the conference with a joint strategy.

He said that China would support Pakistan demand that the United States also make a civilian nuclear deal with Pakistan like it had done with India.

The meeting was also attended by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid, Strategic Plans Division DG Khalid Qadwai, Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Ishaq Dar, Asfandyar Wali Khan, Hyder Abbas Rizvi, Shahid Bugti and others.