NATO supply routes may open in case US stops drone attacks on Pakistani soil

NATO supply routes may open in case US stops drone attacks on Pakistani soil

A Pakistani parliamentary panel that framed recommendations for resetting ties with the US is considering a proposal to link the reopening of NATO supply routes to the ending of American drone strikes in the country’s tribal belt.

The Parliamentary Committee on National Security took up the proposal made by PML-Q parliamentarian Mushahid Hussain Sayed during a meeting last evening. The move came hours after a CIA-operated drone targeted a compound in North Waziristan Agency and killed
four militants. The parliamentary panel is expected to incorporate Sayed’s proposal into an amended draft of the 40 recommendations which were recently unveiled for revamping Pakistan-US relations, sources said.

The Parlimentary Committee made its suggestions in the following words, "Any use of Pakistani bases or airspaces by foreign forces would require parliamentary approval. There should be prior permission and transparency on the number and presence of foreign
intelligence operatives in Pakistan. No overt or covert operations in Pakistan shall be tolerated."

The NATO supply routes were cut by the government of Pakistan after it had inflicted air strikes on two of the border posts of the country. The air strikes had resulted in the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers. The NATO forces had carried on the aggression
for a total of two hours despite the fact that they received repeated requests by their Pakistani counter parts to stop the attacks.

After the attacks had finally stopped, the military of Pakistan had termed them as acts of unprovoked blatant aggression while the stance of the NATO forces had been that they had been carried out because of error on both the sides.

As a consequence, the government of Pakistan had immediately cut out its supply routes to the NATO forces that were stationed in Afghanistan.   

The relationship between Pakistan as well as the United States of America experienced its worst moment in the past decade as hostility in the public of Pakistan against the super power grew. The government of Pakistan demanded an official apology from the
head of state of the super power but no such apology came. Similar was the case between the relations of Pakistan and the NATO as they also experienced a severe downturn.

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Posted by Rabiya Maqbool on Mar 31 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry