Breaking News Utv Pakistan: says Raza Rabbani

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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblNewsDetailMain"><b>LAHORE: 
Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has 
termed National Security Council (NSC) a failed experiment during former
 military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s tenure, stressing the need
 for no more experimentation.</b><br />
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Speaking at a book 
launch ceremony here, he said the country cannot afford any more 
experiments. The Senate chairman however stressed the need for all state
 institutions to mull over security threats the country was currently 
facing.<br />
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The PPP stalwart said a new establishment would 
emerge as a result of public struggle but added that this establishment 
would be comprised of middle-class and intellectuals.<br />
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“Parliament’s supremacy would prevail in the new system.” <br />
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The
 idea and inception of the National Security Council – a principal forum
 that is mandated for considering national security and foreign policy 
matters with the senior national security advisers and cabinet ministers
 – was first conceived in 1969 under President Yahya Khan.<br />
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The
 idea of this institution remains highly debatable and controversial in 
the country’s political circles, who argue that the NSC provides legal 
cover for expanding the role and influence of the military in nation’s 
public and political affairs to subdue the popular democratic 
transitional process in the country.<br />
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The council was 
recreated by Musharraf in April 2004 under the National Security Council
 Act. Although, the NSC remains to stay as statue on the constitution, 
the council is not active since 2008, but the Defence Committee of the 
Cabinet (DCC) is reactivated in its place. <br />
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The NSC was 
abandoned by the PPP government, with a unified confirmations from the 
Parliament, and its functions has been taken under control by the 
Defence Cabinet Committee as of 2009.<br />
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The council was 
revived under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who presides over meetings of
 the council when there is an emergency, such as hostilities between 
India and Pakistan, or a chance to discuss events related to terrorism 
and extremism.</span>
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