Pakistan Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif met British Prime Minister David Cameron here to discuss issues related to regional security and sought their help against the outlawed Hizbut Tahrir radical group and the Baloch dissidents living in exile in the UK.
Sharif, who is on a three-day trip to the UK, opened his visit with a meeting with Chief of the Defence Staff Gen Sir Nicholas Houghton on Wednesday. He later held meetings with Prime Minister Cameron, Defence Secretary Michael Fallen, National Security Adviser Sir Kim Darroch and Director General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism Charles Farr.
Pakistan Army spokesman Major Gen Asim Bajwa said in a series of tweets that Sharif “raised issue of action against proscribed organisations, anti-Pakistan elements operating from outside the country and measures to choke terror financing”.
Gen Sharif also discussed issues of “regional security, stability in Afghanistan, mutual defence and security cooperation,” Bajwa said. The issue of UK-based organisations creating security problems in Pakistan was forcefully raised in all the meetings.
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