LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said on Friday that the resolution passed by the parliament regarding reopening of Nato supply routes represents the mutual view of the parliament and the public.
Addressing the convocation ceremony of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan in Lahore, the chief minister said that "we are keeping our fingers crossed about how the present government will implement the resolution pertaining to the new rules of engagement with the United States."
“The parliamentary resolutions in the past have been impudently disregarded but if this time the resolution is not implemented, our party will hold the present government accountable for it,” the PML-N leader added.
Answering a question about foreign aid, Sharif said that, despite the approval of the resolution, he stands by his party's stance of not taking foreign assistance or foreign aid.
Sharif’s remarks came after the parliament reached a consensus to no more let Pakistan serve as conduit of arms to Afghanistan, but gave a green signal for a resumption of non-lethal Nato supplies to the war-ravaged country.