According to chief of Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rashid, terror attacks “will resume if the NATO supply line is reopened,” threatening Punjab the most.
Leaders of Pakistan’s Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), as well as other political parties voiced their opposition to the act, saying it would add to the unrest in the country.
The statements come as the government is considering to reopen blocked NATO supply routes amid increasing pressure from the US.
Jamat-e-Islami as well as an alliance of other opposition parties, Difa-e-Pakistan Council, have also repeatedly warned Islamabad against making the move.
Last November, Islamabad closed the routes after an unauthorized US airstrike killed at least 24 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border. Pakistan also shut the southwestern Shamsi airbase to the US forces.
Since 2001 when Pakistan entered an alliance with the US on the so-called war against terrorism, more than 35,000 people have been killed as a result of bombings and other militant attacks, according to local media.
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