Print Print edition: 2012-02-02

Hina says to limit US unilateral actions

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Pakistan will tell the United States that it cannot take unilateral actions such as the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and that parliament will determine military priorities, the foreign minister said. A parliamentary committee is reviewing the troubled relationship with the United States amid outrage over a NATO raid in November that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border at Salala.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, in an interview with Time magazine released Wednesday, said that the upcoming report would recognise the importance of US ties but "will redefine what is uncompromisable for Pakistan."
"It is the parliament of Pakistan that must decide whether it is time for military action in one area or not," she said.
Asked what Pakistan's red lines would be, she said: "No unilateral action at any level, of any type. Like Abbottabad. Like what happened in Salala."