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Pakistan's parliament passes new guidelines on U.S. relations
April 12, 2012
April 12, 2012
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cover for reopening the routes. Opposition parties riding a wave of anti-American sentiment had rejected a previous set of guidelines, but voted with government lawmakers on Thursday to approve the new set, suggesting that all parties wanted to put the matter behind them.
"We believe that the world has heard the voice of the people of Pakistan," Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told parliament. "I would like to assure the house that our government will implement the recommendations that have been made in both letter and spirit."
He didn't say when the supply lines would reopen.
Washington has been waiting
cover for reopening the routes. Opposition parties riding a wave of anti-American sentiment had rejected a previous set of guidelines, but voted with government lawmakers on Thursday to approve the new set, suggesting that all parties wanted to put the matter behind them.
"We believe that the world has heard the voice of the people of Pakistan," Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told parliament. "I would like to assure the house that our government will implement the recommendations that have been made in both letter and spirit."
He didn't say when the supply lines would reopen.
Washington has been waiting
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