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No arms to Afghanistan via Pakistan: Parliamentary panel
Friday April 13, 2012 10:06:15 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
A Pakistani parliamentary
panel reviewing the future terms of engagement with the US said
Thursday the country's territory should not be used to transport
arms into Afghanistan and that Islamabad should seek an
unconditional apology from the US over a NATO air strike that
killed 24 soldiers.
The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) Thursday
presented a revised report before a joint session of parliament,
Geo News reported.
Speaking in the National Assembly - the lower house of parliament
- PCNS chairman Raza Rabbani said the report was unanimously
approved by the committee members.
The revised report calls for future relations with the US to be
based on mutual interest, an immediate end to drone attacks, along
with not allowing the country or its airspace to be used for the
transport of weapons into Afghanistan for NATO-led troops.
"The US should also give assurance that such attacks do not take
place in the future," Rabbani said, reading out the
recommendations.
No overt or covert operations in Pakistan would be allowed nor
will foreign countries be allowed to establish bases in the
country.
The committee also recommended that no private security companies
or operatives be allowed in Pakistan.
It called for an end to verbal agreements with other countries and
said the security of Pakistan's nuclear assets should not be
compromised.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar discussed the
recommendations of the parliamentary committee with Prime Minister
Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit Thursday admitted that
there were problems in the relationship with the US and that the
future of the ties depended on parliament, which was reviewing the
terms of engagement with America.
"There are problems in the Pakistan-US relations and both sides
were working to overcome the same," Xinhua quoted Basit as saying.
"Pakistan wants normal relations with the US but their new
dimensions will be set by the parliament which is discussing the
future line of action with the US," Basit said.
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