Parties oppose reopening of NATO routes

The Defense of Pakistan Council organized the meeting following reports of the Pakistani government considering the reopening of routes.

“Parliament is supreme in our constitution. It is the supreme authority and it has taken a decision according to the will of the people of Pakistan. The government does not have any authority to supersede…,” former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Hamid Gul said.

Islamabad closed the border crossings used to transfer NATO supplies to Afghanistan in November 2011 after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in US-led airstrikes on two checkpoints on the Afghan border.

Earlier this month, NATO reached agreements with Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan to allow the Western military alliance to transport vehicles and other military hardware from Afghanistan.

Pakistan has asked the US to apologize for the attack but Washington has refused.

Washington claims that its airstrikes and drone attacks target militants, but local sources say civilians have been the main victims of the attacks. The UN has called the US drone attacks ‘targeted killings that flout international law.’

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