Pakistan's parliament reconvenes Monday to debate a committee's recommendation that the United States stop drone strikes inside its territory and apologize unconditionally for airstrikes last year that killed two dozen soldiers.
The Parliamentary Committee on National Security, a group of 18 members of parliament members responsible for reviewing relations with the United States, made the recommendation in a report to lawmakers Tuesday.
"No overt or covert operations inside Pakistan shall be tolerated," the report said.
Lawmakers had until Monday to study the committee's conclusions. The joint session of the parliament will now decide whether to act on them.
Hiader Abbas Rizvi, a committee member, said he expected the recommendations to be approved, but not before several days of debate.
"We kept in mind both the angles, domestic demands and the requirement by the international community, while compiling our recommendations," Rizvi said. "We were optimistic, progressive, but of course patriotic Pakistanis at the end while we were compiling the recommendations."
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@JerseyJeff
You belong right up on the Hill with those great minds man.
SO they're having a vote on what we're allowed to do to hunt down terrorists who have been hunkered down in their country for decades? They are either for us or against us, good. Because we have had it with the on again, off again of their two-faced diplomacy.
Our secret service has honed down attacks in Iran and Afghanistan right at their doorstep and they've done nothing to stop it. Saying you're a friend, but siding with our enemies isn't working for us, either.
I sure feel sorry for Iran and Afghanistan when we leave... but we are leaving, soon. And in the meantime, we shall use drones to find insurgents.
Palistan,
Just do your job and we'll do ours.
TuT-TuT, it looks like rain!
Just make a contribution of few 100 million $ of hard earned American people taxes to our politicians and bingo the law will be passed in your favour I met a few high ranking officials but retired a few days back and they narrated stories which I cannot dare pen down.
Good luck with my trick