Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has condemned introduction of resolution in
US Congress on Balochistan saying it amounts to violation of Pakistan’s
sovereignty, adding that the matters relating to Dr. Shakeel Afridi
will be dealt with according the laws of the land.
This he said while talking to media persons at the Karachi Port Trust here on Saturday.
Answering a question, he said Pakistan has stopped NATO supplies, got
vacated Shamsi airbase and boycotted the Bonn Conference keeping in
view the national interest.
To a question, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan wants to maintain
good relations with all its neighbours including China, Afghanistan,
Iran and India. He said good neighbourly relations are imperative for
peace and stability in the region.
Replying to a question, he said gas pipeline project will be implemented to import gas from Iran.
Replying to another question, he said oil prices is linked to the
prices of the commodity at the international level. He said global
economic recession have impacted the whole. He said Speaking National
Assembly has formed a committee which will review and decide about the
recent raise in the petroleum products. Iran pipeline must, US
shouldn’t meddle in Balochistan, adding that Pak-Iran and Balochistan
gas pipeline project would go ahead and would be completed.
He also said there is no need of anyone to worry over restoration of supplies for Nato troops in Afghanistan.
Gilani also defended Pakistan’s absence from the Bonn conference on
Afghanistan and said the decision was taken in the national interest. SANA
