Pakistan Muslim League-Likeminded President Senator Salim Saifullah on Sunday urged upon the government to withdraw from war against terror for national interest and boycott the Bonn Conference in protest of the Silala check post incident. Senator Salim Saifullah, also Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Relations said that NATO supply line should be blocked on a permanent basis and termed the NATO attack as ‘attack on Pakistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence’ which should be countered with full force. He warned the government that if it opened NATO supply lines despite the attack, people will block it themselves. “It is right time to withdraw from war against terror for the sake of national interest and as a protest we should not attend the Bonn Conference,” he said.
Salim Saifullah said that the country was facing this sort of situation due to the governments’ weak policies. “Had the government timely implemented the parliament’s joint resolution on Abbottabad incident, we could have averted such unfortunate incidents,” he said. He said Pakistan has sacrificed more than 5,000 security personnel and more than 35,000 civilian had been killed in war against terror and Pakistan was targeted despite that. He urged the government to raise the issue at all international forums since it was not the first time NATO had targetted Pakistani security posts.
