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Thousands protest Pakistan's reopening of NATO supply route
Tuesday July 17, 2012 08:50:16 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: Thousands
of people in northwest Pakistan Tuesday staged a sit-in on the
main supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan. They were
opposing Islamabad's decision to reopen the supply line, closed
last November over the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a drone
strike.
The supply route was reopened July 3 after US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton said she offered her "deepest regrets" to
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar for the "tragic
incidents" in which Pakistani security personnel were killed.
The reopening evoked strong criticism from main religious and
several opposition political parties. They are organising marches
and rallies in major cities against the reopening of the NATO
supply routes, Xinhua reported.
On Tuesday, Jamaat-e-Islami party organised the sit-in on the main
route in Khyber tribal region near the Torkham border point.
Hundreds of trucks with supplies for NATO forces cross Afghanistan
via Torkham every day.
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan criticised the government's
decision to allow NATO trucks through Pakistani territory,
appealing to the people to force the government to withdraw its
decision as it would drag Pakistan into war in Afghanistan.
Disputing the government's claim that the supply line was reopened
to facilitate withdrawal of foreign forces, Hasan said it was done
under US pressure while ignoring parliamentary guidelines about
the future relationship with Washington.
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