ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday told the governments of Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan that army troops stationed to assist security forces would be withdrawn from the provinces if requisitions were not made for deployment, under Article 245 of the Constitution.

Nisar was addressing a meeting of parliamentary leaders held at the Prime Minister House under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The meeting is aimed at building a national action plan to counter terrorism and extremism in the country.