PC on National Security endorses Bonn boycott

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Committee on National Security Friday endorsed decision of the Federal Cabinet not to attend the December 5, Bonn Conference at any level to protest the November 26 Nato/ISAF attack on Pakistani border post in Mohmand Agency.

The Parliamentary Committee’s meeting was chaired by Senator Raza Rabbani and was attended by its members and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani along with his team.

Briefing the media representatives outside the Parliament House about the three hour long in camera meeting of the PC, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said the committee discussed the situation arising from the violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty.

It also endorsed all the decisions of the defence committee of the cabinet including cutting of Nato supply line, she added.

The prime minister briefed the committee about the measures taken by the government after the Mohmand agency incident and asked it to come up with recommendations to redefine the terms of engagement and cooperation with US and Nato, said the minister.

The committee’s recommendations will be put before the joint sitting of the parliament, the minister said.

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Pakistan’s decision to boycott Bonn conference irreversible: Khar

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday said the decision to boycott Bonn Conference was irreversible and Nato supplies have been blocked on violation of parliament’s resolution of May 14, 2011.

Talking to the media outside Parliament House, she said only Parliament was the right forum to review any decision including blockade of Nato supplies and attending Bonn moot.

She said Pakistan was not hostile to any country however national interests would be protected at any cost.

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Conspiracies being hatched to topple govt, says PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said that conspiracies were being hatched against the government but it was not very easy to topple it, FTNews reported.

Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad, Prime Minister Gilani appreciated the system’s ‘success’, which he said had been sustaining for the past four years despite the conspiracies against it.

The prime minister further said that people hatching conspiracies against the government wanted to avoid the Senate elections and root out the existing system.

Responding to a journalist’s question, Prime Minister Gilani said Pakistan’s response to Nato’s attack was responsible and not aggressive.

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