Pakistani civilian and military leadership to decide the future of U.S – Pakistan relationship

Pakistan’s foremost political and military leadership are set to decide on the future of the relationship between the South Asian nation and the United States of America. A set of rules is said to be prepared which will lay down
the law for the relationship between the two countries, a relationship which has been under duress since NATO airstrikes on a border post near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border last year.

Pakistan acted to safeguard itself against such strikes and to show its displeasure by blocking all NATO supplies coming from Pakistani territory towards U.S soldiers in Afghanistan as a result of the exchange between the two countries. Furthermore, the Shamsi
airbase was also vacated by NATO forces as per the requirements of the government of Pakistan.

Latest news suggests that Saturday’s meeting was called to ponder over the conditions of the relationship between Pakistan and U.S.A. According to Khursheed Ahmed, member of the national security committee formed by the parliament,
the government of Pakistan is seeking guarantees from U.S.A regarding respect for its sovereignty and borders.

Nonetheless such a meeting can also act as a forum for reconciliation between the civilian and military leadership of Pakistan, as both the camps have been at odds with each other after Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani removed
the Secretary of defence following his remarks that the Army Chief and the Director General ISI had acted unconstitutionally and given statements to the judicial inquiry committee on the memogate scandal without the consent of the government.

Furthermore, there are also rumours that the Prime Minister might remove both the Chief of Army Staff, General Pervez Kayani as well as General Pasha, D.G ISI in the coming weeks by using his constitutional powers.

Short URL: https://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=9290

Posted by Hamza Jahangir on Jan 14 2012. Filed under Latest News, Pakistan, USA, World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry