Pakistan’s first security policy puts focus on India, underlines terror


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UNVEILING WHAT it calls its “first-ever” National Security Policy (NSP), the Pakistan Army-backed government of Prime Minister Imran Khan has acknowledged that the “employment of terrorism has become a preferred policy choice for hostile actors”. In remarks that echo India's position on the issue, the document states: “The most acute form of efforts to undermine stability and national harmony of a society is terrorism.” However, in a claim that has repeatedly been contested by India, which blames Pakistan for exporting terror across the border, the NSP states: “Pakistan pursues a policy of zero tolerance for any groups involved in terrorist...