Pakistani parliament’s “no” to US military influence and covert movements
The Pakistani parliament, along with government officials, political leaders and parties, while supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)’s resistance front against any US military influence under the pretext of monitoring the situation in Afghanistan, said:
Following numerous reactions from Pakistani officials to allegations that Washington was demanding Islamabad to provide an air and military base for conducting intelligence operations against terrorist elements on Afghan soil, the Pakistani Senate stepped in and took political and security measures to prevent Expressed any external influence.
Pakistani media reported on an extraordinary meeting of the Senate Defense Affairs Committee with senior Defense Ministry officials aimed at reviewing the Pakistani parliament’s policy of engaging with the United States and highlighting the ban on any foreign and intelligence forces or providing bases to Americans.
Senator Mashad Hussain Sayed, Chairman of the Senate Defense Committee of Pakistan, recalled the deadly incident on November 26, 2011, during which NATO helicopters from Afghanistan targeted Pakistani army positions at the border, killing 24 soldiers. “After that, the Pakistani parliament entered the scene in April 2012 and set new conditions for the Islamabad government to engage with the United States,” he said.
He added that the Pakistani parliament unanimously approved a new policy of relations with the United States on April 12, 2021, according to which any secret and secret deal with the United States, the presence of foreign forces in Pakistan or operations will be carried out. Information was strictly forbidden.
Addressing the Deputy Defense Minister and security officials present at the meeting of the Defense Affairs Committee, the senior Pakistani parliamentary official said that the government was obliged to comply with the joint demands of the parliament and that any foreign military influence should be avoided.
Despite explicit opposition from Pakistan officials and strong reactions from Pakistan political parties and leaders to any plan to provide a base to the United States on Pakistan territory, there are reports of Washington continuing talks with Islamabad and even a secret visit by the CIA director to Pakistan. These moves did not work.