American drone strikes should end: Pakistani lawmakers
From Rezaul H Laskar Islamabad, Mar 30 (PTI) Pakistani lawmakers today asked the government not to allow its territory for transportation of arms and ammunition to NATO forces in Afghanistan and demanded that the US should stop drone attacks and respect the country's sovereignty.
The lawmakers, who were debating the Parliamentary Committee on National Security's recommendations for resetting ties with the US during a joint session of parliament, called on the government to keep national interests supreme while framing an independent foreign policy.
Senior PML-Q leader Mushahid Hussain Sayed said all decisions regarding national security should be made by parliament. In the past too, all important decisions on national security and the nuclear and missile programmes were taken by civilians, he said. "Now we have the opportunity and the time has come to take all decisions regarding our foreign policy, national security and NATO supply routes," he said. US drone attacks should not be allowed at any cost and the supply of arms and ammunitions to NATO forces in Afghanistan through Pakistani territory should be strictly banned, he added.
PPP Senator Sehar Kamran said all decisions on foreign policy and future engagements with the US and NATO should reflect the will of the people and must be made with consensus.
She too said US drone attacks would not be allowed at any cost. The lawmakers spoke hours after a CIA-operated spy plane targeted a compound in the North Waziristan tribal region and killed four suspected militants.
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