Pakistan blocked Nato supply routes for troops in Afghanistan after US forces attacked a check post in Salala, killing 24 Pakistani soldiers on November 24, 2011.
Justice Khwaja Ahmed headed the hearing of the plea filed by Advocate Sardar Zaheer Ahmed and sought replies from the foreign affairs, defence and interior secretaries within two weeks.
The petitioner, Advocate Ahmed, argued three main points before the court:
- Nato supply routes shouldn’t be reopened until the decision is taken by the parliament, senate and national assembly.
- According to the law, the Defence Cabinet Committee, does not have a right to take a decision to resume Nato supplies.
- If the government decides in favour of Nato supplies then it should, in return, ask the United States to assure that attacks similar to that of Salala check post and drone strikes should not occur in the future.
The hearing will begin after replies are submitted by all respondents.
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i cant understand.... that if NATO is big enemy of us beside US so how can we open their supplies.. for getting our benefits? as we are asking apology... like a beggar why?
How can a pleas like this be admitted by the court. Foreign policy is an executive responsibility not a judicial responsibility. Amazing!
Why dont the courts just become the government and all the politicians can go home and the courts can run the country!! What a joke our judiciary is becoming after getting a landslide vote of confidence when they were restored by the people. They have not solved one issue concerning the common people and instead of concentrating on the issues on hand where litigants have been waiting for 20 and 30 years for their cases to be decided the Judiciary is wasting time, money and a host of other things on these matters. Justice delayed is justice denied!!!!!!!