RAWALPINDI: The corps commanders held a meeting at the Army General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Thursday under the leadership of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani.

The conference at the General Headquarters (GHQ) was discussing the country’s internal security situation along with professional matters pertaining to the armed forces.

“Apart from professional military matters, the meeting under took a comprehensive review of internal and external security environment of the country,” said a statement released by the military’s public relations wing.

Sources told DawnNews the military leadership was given a special briefing on the law and order situation in the cities of Karachi and Quetta.

The meeting follows General Kayani’s visit to Karachi a day earlier during which he was briefed on the security situation in the country's financial capital.