“We are slowly realising that national security relates to areas which no one thinks about,” he said and added the security conference is a strategic forum envisioned as the country’s leading intellectual platform for issues of national security. Imran said that good relations with states and regional neighbours were also paramount for national security. The prime minister also pointed to the issue of climate change and said that it was also an area concerning national security. ‘COHERENT NARRATIVE’:In his address, Dr Yousuf called for initiating a national security dialogue in parallel with the world’s best security platforms. He said that the national security division created a pool of experts a year ago, where Pakistan’s best minds in the aspects related to comprehensive security, be it traditional security, diplomacy, climatic security, and food security were brought together to advise the government.

Source: Pakistan Today March 17, 2021 17:03 UTC