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Pakistani Islamic groups oppose NATO supply lines' reopening
Wednesday July 04, 2012 10:26:47 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: Leaders of
Islamic parties in Pakistan Wednesday opposed Islamabad's decision
to reopen supply routes for NATO forces to Afghanistan.
The US had to suspend drone attacks after a NATO drone strike
killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in Mohmand Agency Nov 26, 2011. A
furious Islamabad barred the passage of NATO supplies through the
country.
On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she offered
her "deepest regrets" to Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani
Khar for the "tragic incidents".
This paved the way for Pakistan to reopen the NATO supply routes
to Afghanistan.
On Wednesday, Pakistan's Islamic groups angrily reacted to the
government's decision, saying they will hold demonstrations
against the reopening of the NATO supply line.
The Defence of Pakistan Council (DPC), an alliance of nearly 40
religious-political groups, said a protest plan would be chalked
out against the government's step over NATO supplies.
A prominent leader of the alliance, Fazal-ur-Rehman Khalil, termed
the government's decision as unjustified, saying that the decision
was against the wishes of the majority people in Pakistan.
Khalil said that it was also regrettable that the government
withdrew its earlier demand for tax on NATO trucks and also asked
the government to explain the conditions on which the NATO supply
line had been reopened.
Pakistan said Wednesday that it has given passage to the
international forces.
Information Minister Qamar-uz-Zaman Kaira said the decision would
help restore peace and stability in the neighboring country as
well as in Pakistan.
Pakistani federal cabinet unanimously endorsed the decision about
reopening of NATO supply routes Wednesday.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf informed the cabinet that the
process of re-engagement with the US and NATO had been completed
as per national interests and honour of the country and
parliamentary guidelines.
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