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Qureshi defends KL Bill in parliament |
Following US President
Barack Obama ’s signature over the Kerry-Lugar bill, Pakistan Foreign Minister
Shah Mehmood Qureshi has defended the legislation along with its ‘objectionable’
clauses. Addressing parliament on Friday, Qureshi denounced the rejection of the
bill, which would offer Islamabad 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years,
by some political quarters. Qureshi asked the politicians to hold the interest
of the state above political gains. “The bill supports all the stated policies
of Pakistan . Governments will come and go but the state’s interests must remain
supreme,” The Dawn quoted Qureshi, as saying. Earlier, talking to mediapersons
after returning from Washington , Qureshi said he met several key political leaders
in the United States , and they all clarified that America does not aim for micromanagement
in Pakistan through the K-L bill. President Obama signed the Kerry Lugar bill
into legislation on Thursday before embarking on a trip to New Orleans . |
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