Balochistan PA condemns Nato raid

QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly Monday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Nato bombing in Mohmand agency that killed 24 soldiers and appreciated the government steps of getting Shamsi airbase vacated from US and stopping Nato supplies. The session of Balochistan Assembly started 50 minutes late from its schedule with Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhootani in the chair JUI-Fs Maulana Abdul Wasay moved the resolution. Speaking on the admissibility of the resolution, he said halting Nato supplies and vacating Shamsi airbase were positive steps taken by the government, however, these steps should not be temporary. We had already declared that the war we are fighting is not our war rather it is war of foreigners but our point of view was not given any importance and the so-called war against terror was called a war of Pakistan, he remarked. He said thousands of Pakistani innocent people and army soldiers were killed in this war but rulers did not take any notice and kept military drive on its own people. He said attack on Pakistani check post and killing of 24 soldiers were regrettable but this incident at least united nation, government and security institutions. JUI-F leader said the world must acknowledge scarifies of Pakistan in war on terror and respect sanctity of its borders and sovereignty. He said raid on Osama Bin Ladens compound was violation of the countrys sovereignty and the rulers should have taken serious notice of it. Debating on the resolution, ANP provincial minister Engineer Zamarak Khan said his party had been opposing foreign interference in the country since independence and always raised voice against attack on autonomy of the country. Condemning Nato bombings, he said it was not the first incident rather Nato had been violating our borders at many places. This act should not only be condemned rather it should be resisted, he remarked. Other minister including, Jay Parkash, Jan Ali Changezai, Maulvi Abdul Samad, Zahoor Buledi, Abdul Rehman Mengal Mengal, Habib-ur-Rehman Muhammad Hasani, Dr. Ruqia Hashmi and Abdul Khaliq Bashar Dost strongly condemned the Nato helicopter attack and said all airports of country should be vacated from US troops. They said Nato and US forces were consolidating their control in Afghanistan and their eyes were focused on Pakistans nuclear weapons and they were making conspiracies how to capture them. They stressed the need for unity amongst all political and religious parties to frustrate nefarious designs against Pakistan and steering the country out from all challenges. When the chair put the resolution for vote, the house adopted it unanimously.