ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidency on Saturday, and the two leaders agreed to send a copy of the parliament’s joint resolution on the Abbottabad operation to the United States and the United Nation.
The heads of the country held a meeting following the president’s return from Russia and topping the agenda was Friday’s in-camera briefing of the parliament, sources told DawnNews.
Prime Minister Gilani and President Zardari also discussed the security developments in the country in the wake of the operation carried out by US forces in Abbottabad on May 2.
Friday’s session, which was held to take the members of the parliament into confidence regarding national security, was termed successful by the PM as he briefed Zardari on its proceedings.
It was the first time that the high command of the military and its spy agency, the ISI, were answering questions from the members of the parliament.
ISI chief, Lt. General Ahmad Shuja Pasha briefed lawmakers on the bin Laden issue and also reportedly offered to tender his resignation.
The session was closed to the media but sources said that Pasha had offered to resign and had said that he was ready to appear before any commission set up by parliament.
“Yes, General Pasha had offered to tender his resignation,” a parliamentary source told AFP.
A second source confirmed that the general had said he would resign if the parliament asked and present himself before any commission the lawmakers set up.
The lawmakers called on the government “to appoint an independent commission on the Abbottabad operation, fix responsibility and recommend necessary measures to ensure that such an incident does not recur”.
Zardari and Gilani reportedly discussed the details of setting up an independent commission to probe the operation.
Meanwhile, the parliament also threatened to withdraw logistical cooperation for US troops based in Afghanistan and hit out at the drone strikes.
“Such drone attacks must be stopped forthwith, failing which the government will be constrained to consider taking necessary steps including withdrawal of (the) transit facility allowed to NATO,” the resolution said.