ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has initiated in-house brainstorming to make the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) an effective body of his ministry, a government official privy to the development, said.
A fully operational Nacta will be the cornerstone of the new national security plan, the contours of which will be shared with members of parliament in the coming days, according to the minister. The official said the focus of the reformed Nacta would be effective intelligence-sharing between civil and military agencies to prevent future terrorist attacks.
Following the recent terrorist attacks in Quetta, Nisar hit out at intelligence agencies for their lack of coordination he believed had been the main reason for their failure. He called for wholesale reforms in the working of the agencies, particularly, those responsible for protecting civilian population from terrorists.
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