What is National Security Council (Pakistan)?
{{Politics of Pakistan}} The [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime minister Secretariat]] '''National Security Council''' is a consultative body that is chaired by the [[President of Pakistan]] and [[Prime Minister]] of [[Pakistan]]. It is a principal forum that is mandated for considering national security and foreign policy matters with the senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials. The National Security Council was created by then-[[President of Pakistan|President]] and former Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan) [[General officer|General]] [[Pervez Musharraf]] in April 2004 under the National Security Council Act. The function of the Council has been to advise and assist the President and Prime minister on national security and foreign policies. ==Functions== The Council serves as a forum for consultation for the president and the federal government on matters of national security including the sovereignty, integrity, defence, and security of the State and crisis management in general. It may also formulate recommendations to the president and the federal government in such matters. {{politics-stub}} [[Category:2004 establishments in Asia]] [[Category:2000s establishments in Pakistan]] [[Category:Organizations based in Pakistan]]