Pakistan to reconsider ties with America: PM Gilani

In an interview with CNN, he said the Pakistan wanted to maintain its relationship with the United States as long as there was mutual respect and respect for Pakistani sovereignty.If I cant protect the sovereignty of my country how can we say its a mutual respect and mutual interest?.But the prime minister highlighted incidents such as the killing of the Pakistani troops and a US raid into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden as violations of his country’s sovereignty.The prime minister also said Pakistan had not yet decided whether to boycott next month’s Bonn conference on the future of Afghanistan.In an interview with CNN, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said incidents such as at the NATO cross-border attack further alienated the Pakistani masses, leaving his government isolated in its unpopular alliance with the US.Business as usual will not be there, therefore we have to have something bigger so that to satisfy my nation, the entire country, he said in English.Pakistan turned back 300 trucks carrying NATO supplies and fuel into Afghanistan on Monday, CNN quoted government officials Syed Ahmed Jan and Mutahir Zeb as saying.Pakistan is a vital land supply route into Afghanistan for the United States and its allies.Separately, Pakistani military spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas denied the reports that Pakistani troops opened fire first on the Nato helicopters.Gen Abbas said NATO helicopters opened fired first on the Pakistani military checkpoints. He said the soldiers notified Pakistan military headquarters, which informed the NATO authorities immediately. The spokesman said Pakistani soldiers fired at the NATO aircraft in retaliation.NATO’s secretary-general earlier said it was a “tragic unintended” incident, and pledged to ensure such attacks don’t reoccur.“NATO remains strongly committed to work with Pakistan to improve cooperation to avoid such tragedies in the future,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement.