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Nato routes reopening
Why did the government and the military make such a fuss over the issue?
LAHORE: Finally, it seems that the government will be reopening the Nato supply routes, which had been closed for over six months. I have one simple question: why did the government and the military make such a fuss over the issue, demanding a formal apology from the Americans and cessation of drone attacks when in the end they got neither?
Yes, reports suggest that the US will be paying an additional 365 million dollars a year to Pakistan and that is welcomed news given the state of our economy, but surely this needn’t have taken over six months to negotiate.
Omar Khalid
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2012.
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BRIBED INTO A STATE OF STUPOR
One million US dollars a day is being promoted by our Administrator as being offered by the US for access to Military supplies for Afghanistan. If the US shipped (say) 5 million containers per year; then 5,000,000 divided by 360 days equals to 13888 containers per day. At 1 million a day, that’s only US $78 per container. There is no mention of weight limits or surcharges or even if our road network can really take the loads. Our Administration has been “BRIBED INTO A STATE OF STUPOR” by the US. Even the “Absentee Landlord of Pakistan” is not that cold blooded about his holdings.
Anwar Sheikh, Lahore
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