DCC meeting underway with PM Gilani in chair

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) has gone underway with the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in the chair, Geo News reported Tuesday.

At the outset, the meeting prayed for the Pak army troops who were trapped under an avalanche that hit the army camp at Gayari in Siachen on April 7.

Federal ministers for Defence, Foreign Affairs, Information and Interior are present at the meeting besides the three services chiefs and Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.

The meeting also reviewed the rescue activities underway at Gayari to recover the buried soldiers and others.

Matters relating to Pak-US relations and Nato supplies are in particular focus at the DCC meeting.