parliament to decide re-engagement with US, NATO PM Gilani

parliament to
decide re-engagement with US, NATO
PM Gilani
PR
ISLAMABAD, March 29 Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani
on Thursday said Parliament will decide the matter of re-engagement
with the United States, NATO and ISAF, in a respectful manner, as the
whole world was waiting for this decision.
He said this parliamentary process and the recommendations of
the parliamentary committee were being appreciated and viewed with
great respect by the whole world.
The Prime Minister expressed these views while chairing an
important meeting of the Parliamentary leaders here at the PM House,
to evolve a consensus regarding resolution of the Parliament on policy
recommendations for future course with US and NATO.
The meeting was attended by Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida
Mirza, Leader of the Opposition in NA Ch. Nisar Ali Khan, Leader of
Opposition in Senate Ishaq Dar, PML-Q Chief Ch. Shujaat Hussain,
Mushahid Hussain Syed, JUI Chief Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, Deputy
Parliamentary Leader of MQM in NA Syed Haidar Abbas Rizvi, ANP leader
Afrasiab Khattak, Kalsoom Parveen, FATA Parliamentary Leader in NA
Haji Munir Khan Orakzai, Senator Muzaffar Shah, Foreign Minister Hina
Rabbani Khar, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Minister for Religious
Affairs Syed Khursheed Shah, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani.
Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of the
Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, DG ISI, Lt. Gen.
Zaheer ul Islam, Pakistan's Ambassador in US Ms Sherry Rehman also
attended the meeting.
The Prime Minister appreciated the hard-work of Parliamentary
Committee on National Security for finalizing the recommendations,
adding, the Parliamentary Committee has given its input, which is now
property of the House, which has to take a decision.
"It is not a matter of US alone, but 148 countries," Gilani said
and added the decision should be taken with consensus.
"The role of parliamentary leaders is very important, as your
vision will decide the future line of action," he added.