Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (3L) flanked by former premier and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif (2L), and other politicians Imran Khan (R), Asfandyar Wali Khan (2R), Chaudhry Shaujaat (3R) and Hyder Abbas Rizvi (L) as Gilani chairs a cross-party meeting in Islamabad on September 29, 2011 to build unity in the face of mounting pressure from the US to act against the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network or face the consequences. -AFP Photo

ISLAMABAD: US military action against insurgents in Pakistan would be unacceptable and the country's army would be capable of responding, intelligence chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha told a meeting of political leaders in Islamabad, according to media reports.

Several television news reports said Pasha had told an all-party meeting to discuss the crisis in ties between Washington and Islamabad that Pakistan would not allow the situation to get to a “point of no return”.

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