Islamabad (September 28, 2018): Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and DG ISI, Lt. General Naveed Mukhtar on Friday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at PM Office.
During the meeting, security and regional stability situation were discussed.
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According to reports, the prime minister was briefed on Operation Raad-ul-Fasaad, while relations with Afghanistan and FATA reforms were also came under discussion. 
A statement by the PM office said that the two discussed the “security and regional stability situation” in the meeting. This is the third time that Gen Bajwa has called on PM Khan since the latter assumed the prime ministerial office on August 18.
The interactions between the army chief and newly elected premier have been frequent over the last one month.
The army chief’s maiden call on PM Khan took place on August 27, in which both had “expressed resolve to bring enduring peace and stability in the country while also continuing efforts for regional peace”.
A few days later, PM Khan made his first visit to the General Headquarters on August 30 for a briefing on matters pertaining to national security. The briefing — which reportedly went on for more than seven hours — covered security environment, threat spectrum and response, counterterrorism operations, the situation in Karachi and the Khushal Balochistan programme.
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The COAS then called on the PM on September 3, ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the US Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Joseph Dunford’s visit to Islamabad.
The elected prime minister, in an unprecedented move in recent times, was also invited to the annual Defence Day ceremony at the military headquarters on September 6, where the Army Chief has always been the main speaker.
In his speech at the ceremony, the PM had rejected the perception of civil-military imbalance in the country as a myth and said both sides were united to make the country great once again.
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“A myth of civil-military imbalance has been created. It looks as if some huge confrontation is going on. (But) there is no such thing. All of us have a common goal of making the country rise,” PM Khan had said, also praising the armed forces as the only functional institution in the country.
The following week on September 12, the PM visited the headquarters of the ISI where he was received by Gen Bajwa and Gen Mukhtar, and given a detailed briefing on “various strategic, intelligence and national security matters”.
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According to a statement by Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry, the army chief and the ISI head had given an eight-hour-long briefing to the prime minister and the cabinet members who accompanied him.
Prime lauded the contributions of Pakistan’s premier spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) towards national security especially in the ongoing counter-terrorism effort.
The prime minister was briefed in detail on various strategic, intelligence and national security matters during the visit.
Khan said the ISI was their “first line of defence and stands out as best intelligence agency of the world.”
Earlier on August 30, Prime Minister Imran Khan visited General Head Quarters (GHQ), Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said in his tweet.
Premier Imran Khan was received at GHQ by Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa. PM was briefed on defence, internal security and other professional matters, said DG ISPR.
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Ministers of Defence, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Information and Minister of State for Interior are accompanying the PM, he added.
COAS General Qamar Bajwa called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at the PM House earlier this week. The two dignitaries expressed resolve to continue efforts for enduring peace and stability in the country.
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