US given 15 days to close Shamsi airbase
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet's Defence Committee
on Saturday ordered the United States to vacate the
Shamsi airbase within 15 days and closed NATO supply
lines into Afghanistan in response to a deadly cross-border
NATO air strike.
The military’s top brass including CJSC, COAS and the
Naval and Air Force chiefs attended the meeting.
The meeting was also attended by the Interior,
Defence, Foreign, Information and Finance Ministers
while senior minister Pervaiz Elahi and the secretary
defence were also in attendance.
The Defence Committee that met under the chairmanship
of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, hours after the
Nato strike in Pakistan that killed 24 troops,
categorically said that attacks on Pakistan checkposts
were unacceptable.It was also decided that the
Prime Minister would take the Parliament into
confidence on Pak-US relations. Parliament will
also be taken into confidence over the shape of
Pakistan's future relations with Nato and ISAF.
Condemning the Nato attack, the committee said
that the strike violated international laws.
The defence body said no compromise would be made
on the sovereignty and protection of the country.
"People and army will ensure Pakistan's sovereignty
and integrity at any cost."It termed the attacks on
Pakistan check posts as completely unacceptable and
rejected the labeling of today's event as accidental
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet's Defence Committee
on Saturday ordered the United States to vacate the
Shamsi airbase within 15 days and closed NATO supply
lines into Afghanistan in response to a deadly cross-border
NATO air strike.
The military’s top brass including CJSC, COAS and the
Naval and Air Force chiefs attended the meeting.
The meeting was also attended by the Interior,
Defence, Foreign, Information and Finance Ministers
while senior minister Pervaiz Elahi and the secretary
defence were also in attendance.
The Defence Committee that met under the chairmanship
of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, hours after the
Nato strike in Pakistan that killed 24 troops,
categorically said that attacks on Pakistan checkposts
were unacceptable.It was also decided that the
Prime Minister would take the Parliament into
confidence on Pak-US relations. Parliament will
also be taken into confidence over the shape of
Pakistan's future relations with Nato and ISAF.
Condemning the Nato attack, the committee said
that the strike violated international laws.
The defence body said no compromise would be made
on the sovereignty and protection of the country.
"People and army will ensure Pakistan's sovereignty
and integrity at any cost."It termed the attacks on
Pakistan check posts as completely unacceptable and
rejected the labeling of today's event as accidental
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