Joint Operations Coordination Committee meeting held at Lahore

Lahore: Following the meeting between Chief Minister Punjab and Commander Lahore Corps held on 5 April 2016, Joint Operations Coordination Committee meeting was held at Lahore .

The meeting was attended by senior civil and military officials of Punjab and heads of civil and military intelligence agencies. The forum agreed to revitalize the committee to carryout intelligence assessment, joint development of security mosaic and direct all operations in Punjab. It was decided to vigorously undertake coordinated actions across the board against all terrorist outfits and their facilitators.

Integrated Security Mechanism will be made fully operational so as to utilize it effectively at Divisional and District levels through cohesive coordination between civil and military components. The forum also decided appropriate force application according to varying nature of targets. To that end, Operations led by civil and military intelligence agencies will be launched by Army, Rangers, CTD and Police as required, followed by constant review and regulation by Joint Operations Coordination Committee (JOCC).
The meeting ended with firm determination to exterminate terrorism from the Province through coordinated planning and conduct of operations.