... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
, during which the nation's top decision-makers discussed the geo-strategic and national security environment in light of the Pulwama incident and its aftermath.
Among key outcomes of the meeting was an order to accelerate anti-terrorism operations in the country to re-establish the state's writ, and the reinstatement of a ban on the Hafiz Saeed
...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat...
-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
(JuD) and its charity arm, the Falah-e-Insaniyat
...the current false nose and mustache of Jamaat ud-Dawa, which was the false nose and mustache of Lashkar e-Taiba...
Foundation (FIF).
JUD, FIF BANNED
In February last year, former president Mamnoon Hussain had promulgated an ordinance amending the Anti-Terrorism Act with regards to proscription of terrorist individuals and organizations to include entities listed by the UN Security Council. The move had resulted in the declaration of JuD and FIF as proscribed groups.
However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried...
the two Hafiz Saeed-linked organizations had slipped off the national list of proscribed organizations after the presidential ordinance lapsed.
This time, the two organizations have been notified as proscribed organizations by the PTI-led government itself, through the Ministry of Interior.
Before the government's official ban, the two organizations had been under watch by the Ministry of Interior under Section 11-D-(1), read with Schedule-II of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
PULWAMA UNDER DISCUSSION
The members of the meeting noted and established that "the state of Pakistain is not involved in any way, means or form in the said incident" and that it was "conceived, planned and executed indigenously".
The statement asserted that Pakistain had made a sincere offer to investigate the incident and stands ready to enter into dialogue on the issue of terrorism and other disputed matters.
"We expect India to positively respond to the offers," it added.
It further stated that Pakistain "shall take action against anyone found using our soil [for terrorism]".
However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
it called on the need for India to undertake "deep introspection to realise why [the] people of Indian-Indian Kashmiree have lost [the] fear of death".
"The violence by Indian forces in Indian-Indian Kashmiree is highly counterproductive. The global community needs to play its part in resolving the long pending Kashmire issue in accordance with UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiris," the statement stressed, urging action on the part of the international community.
Simultaneously, the NSC also gave formal authorisation to the armed forces "to respond decisively and comprehensively to any aggression or misadventure by India".
RE-ESTABLISHING STATE'S MONOPOLY OVER VIOLENCE
The statement also quoted the prime minister as saying that "this is a new Pakistain and we are determined to demonstrate to our people that the State is capable of protecting them and believes that monopoly of violence stays with State".
"This will not come with commitment alone. We recognise that terrorism and extremism are top issues in the region and the whole region including Pakistain have suffered," the blurb stated.
It went on to highlight that Pakistain has endured casualties surpassing 70,000 in number, besides heavy losses to the national exchequer.
"That is why the National Action Plan conceived and issued in 2014, outlined concrete sequenced measures with consensus of all political parties and institutions of Pakistain," it further stated.