The CCNS is not restricted to the key cabinet ministers , and any cabinet ministers can also attend the meeting . The CCNS reaffirms the permanent seat for the military leaders of joint forces at the Cabinet-level meeting . According to the reports of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency ( PILDT ) published in March 2012 shows that DCC meetings were held nine times from April 2008 until March 2008 . These civic-military meetings were reactive in nature and were held in response to an emergency issue or crises . The CCNS ( known as the DCC before August 2013 ) replaced the controversial National Security Council ( NSC ) and its first meeting took place on 8 December 2008 , under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani , to discuss the security situation and to authorise nuclear force option to deter Indian pressure after the Mumbai attacks in 2008 . Since then , the CCNS has acquired more salience than it was ever in the past decades
Mumbai attacks
2008 Mumbai attacks
Cabinet Committee on National Security (Pakistan)