LAHORE: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday clarified that the supply trucks crossed into Afghanistan on Friday did not belong to Nato as he denies resumption of Nato supply routes through Pakistani soil, DawnNew reported.

The interior minister, who on Saturday met Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hassan at JI headquarters Mansoora, said Hassan has been invited for talks with President Asif Zardari at the Presidency on important national issues including resumption of Nato supply routes and law and order situation in the country.

Speaking to media representatives after the meeting, Malik said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led coalition government is following the guidelines and principles given by the parliament regarding resumption of supply routes through Pakistan.

He said both, PPP and JI, agree on the point that there should be no drone attacks inside Pakistan. “Nato supplies had been suspended to stop these drone attacks,” he added.

The minister said that he respects Jamaat-i-Islami as the party has never acted against integrity of the country.

Both Houses of Parliament and all the provincial assemblies through their resolutions have demanded that drone attacks should not take place which is the unified demand of the entire nation, said the interior minister.