Monday, March 26, 2012

Pakistan lawmakers to debate end to U.S. drone strikes

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's parliament reconvenes Monday to debate a committee's recommendation that the United States stop drone strikes inside its territory and apologize unconditionally for airstrikes last year that killed two dozen soldiers.

"No entity in Pakistan, in this current government, because I can only speak for this government, has ever given any tacit agreement to the authorization of drone strikes," said Hina Rabbani Khar, the Pakistani foreign minister.

The Parliamentary Committee on National Security, a group of 18 members of parliament members responsible for reviewing relations with the United States, made the recommendation in a report to lawmakers Tuesday.

"No overt or covert operations inside Pakistan shall be tolerated," the report said. More