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Pakistan PM to hold national security review on Friday on Iran standoff - minister

ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-haq Kakar has summoned a meeting of top civilian and military leaders on Friday for a national security review following the standoff with Iran, Information Minister Murtaza Solangi told Reuters.

Pakistan launched strikes on separatist militants inside Iran on Thursday, in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran said it struck the bases of another group within Pakistani territory. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad; Writing by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by Christopher Cushing)