The senators on March 30 pressed the Government
to
link
restoration
of
supply
to
NATO
troops
to
the
suspension
of
drone
attacks,
reports
Daily
Times.
During
a
joint
parliamentary
session
to
discuss
recommendations
of
the
Parliamentary
Committee
on
National
Security
(PCNS),
they
also
urged
the
United
States
to
stop
drone
attacks
and
respect
Pakistan’s
sovereignty.
Pakistan
Muslim
League-Quaid
(PML-Quaid)
Secretary
General
Senator
Mushahid
Hussain
said
that
drone
attacks
should
not
be
allowed
at
any
cost
and
added
that
supply
of
ammunitions
through
NATO
containers
should
be
strictly
banned.
He
proposed
that
Pakistan
should
allow
only
containers
carrying
food
and
other
things
of
this
sort
by
disbanding
the
transit
of
weapons.
“Permitting
weaponry
in
the
NATO
supplies
means
that
we
want
to
keep
the
conflict
in
Afghanistan
continued,”
he
noted.
Meanwhile, Dawn quoted a senior US general
telling
a
congressional
panel
on
March
29
that
the
United
States
would
have
to
rely
on
India
and
the
northern
distribution
network
if
Pakistan
did
not
reopen
NATO
supply
lines
to
Afghanistan.
“If
we
can’t
negotiate
or
successfully
negotiate
the
reopening
of
ground
lines
of
communication
with
Pakistan,
we
have
to
default
and
rely
on
India
and
the
northern
distribution
network,”
said
Lieutenant
General
Frank
Panter,
the
Deputy
Commandant
for
Installations
and
Logistics. |
