Islamabad sources reported that Pakistan PM Imran Khan, along with senior Cabinet ministers, was briefed in detail on the various strategic intelligence and national security matters by the senior officials of the Inter-Services Intelligence. Meanwhile the Prime Minister lauded contributions of the ISI towards national security, especially in the ongoing counter terrorism effort. The statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military said “The Prime Minister said that the ISI is our first line of defense and stands out as best intelligence agency of the world”.
Meanwhile Khan, who was sworn-in as the 22nd prime minister on August 18, has already visited the General Headquarters of Pakistan Army twice first to get an in-depth briefing on the internal security and geo-strategic situation and then to attend the Defense and Martyrs Day ceremony on September 6.
Furthermore Khan has been accused by his critics of being the security
establishment's man and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party has
accused him of reaching the Prime Minister House through the support of the
powerful security establishment. Moreover Khan told ISI officials that his government
and the people of Pakistan firmly stood behind the armed forces and
intelligence agencies and acknowledged the "unprecedented
achievements" of these institutions.