‘NATO supply routes should not reopen’

March 26th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

A related protest rally was held in the northern city of Peshawar on Sunday as the parliament is due to begin debates on the country’s relationship with the US on Monday. The talks could lead to the reopening of the routes on the country’s soil, which are used for the transfer of supplies for the foreign forces deployed in Afghanistan.

Islamabad closed the border crossings to NATO in November 2011 after attacks by the US-led military alliance that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in the northwest of the country. Washington has so far withheld a formal apology.

The opposition parties have vowed to prevent the government from restoring the supply lines.

The leader of the oppositionists in the National Assembly, Chaudry Nizar Ali Khan, said that Islamabad should not reopen the routes at this time.

Jamat-e-Islami as well as an alliance of other opposition parties, Difa-e-Pakistan Council, have likewise warned Islamabad against making the move.

Also on Sunday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said that only the parliament had the right to decide on the matter.

She said the legislature’s security committee had submitted its recommendations and the government would discuss the matter with Washington after the parliament takes a decision.

FTP/HN