The sixteenth meeting of the National Security Committee was held in Islamabad on Monday with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi addresses Science-Policy Conference on Climate Change, December 18, 2017. APP

A delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at Prime Minister House, December 18, 2017. APP

A delegation of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at Prime Minister House, December 18, 2017. APP

A police officer shouts as children are rescued following a suicide attack on a church in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017.VOA

Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft carrying the crew of Norishige Kanai of Japan, Anton Shkaplerov of Russia and Scott Tingle of the U.S. blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. REUTERS

French skipper, Francois Gabart, waves aboard his 30m MACIF trimaran as he celebrates his world record off Brest harbor, western France. Gabart has broken the record for sailing around the world alone, circumnavigating the planet in just 42 days and 16 hours.