A Joint Session in Pakistan Parliament Unanimously Supports Resolution Condemning US OBL Raid

Source: Pakistan Times

Text of unanimous resolution passed by joint sitting of Parliament
'Pakistan Times' Federal Bureau

ISLAMABAD: Following is the text of the resolution unanimously passed by joint sitting of the Parliament after over 10-hour marathon session on Saturday.

“After an in-depth discussion, including presentations made on the relevant issues by the Director General, Inter-Services Intelligence, Director General (Military Operations) and Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Operations), the Joint Session of Parliament resolved as under:Condemned the US unilateral action in Abbottabad, which constitutes a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty;

Strongly asserted that unilateral actions, such as those conducted by the US forces in Abbottabad, as well as the continued drone attacks on the territory of Pakistan, are not only unacceptable but also constitute violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and humanitarian norms and such drone attacks must be stopped forthwith, failing which the Government will be constrained to consider taking necessary steps including withdrawal of transit facility allowed to NATO/ISAF forces;

Expressed its deep distress on the campaign to malign Pakistan, launched by certain quarters in other countries without appreciating Pakistan’s determined efforts and immense sacrifices in combating terror and the fact that more than thirty thousand Pakistani innocent men, women and children and more than five thousand security and armed forces personnel had lost their lives, that is more than any other single country, in the fight against terror and the blowback emanating from actions of the NATO/ISAF forces in Afghanistan;

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