ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that no meeting of the National Command Authority, which is Pakistan’s top military and civil body overseeing the country’s nuclear arsenal, was scheduled following a military operation against India that took place early on Saturday. Pakistan’s military had said earlier in the day that Pakistan’s prime […]
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Pakistan defence minister: no meeting of government top nuclear body is scheduled
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that no meeting of the National Command Authority, which is Pakistan’s top military and civil body overseeing the country’s nuclear arsenal, was scheduled following a military operation against India that took place early on Saturday.
Pakistan’s military had said earlier in the day that Pakistan’s prime minister had called on the authority to meet.
(Reporting by Gibran Peshimam in Islamabad; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)