KATHMANDU: Prime Minister (PM) Balendra Shah (Balen) on Thursday held a briefing with the chiefs of the country’s security agencies on the latest peace and security situation.
Prime Minister Shah summoned Chief of Army Staff Ashok Raj Sigdel, Inspector General of Nepal Police Dr. Manoj Kumar KC and Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Nepal, Narayan Dutta Poudel, to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar for the briefing.
During the meeting, the security chiefs briefed the prime minister on the security situation, public safety and overall security management during the ongoing festive season.
According to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Shah directed the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force to strengthen mutual coordination, information sharing and cooperation to further improve the country’s security arrangements.
He also instructed the security chiefs to ensure there are no lapses in protecting citizens’ lives and property, adopt a zero-tolerance approach to crime and make overall peace and security management more effective.
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