Washington: Victoria Nuland, the spokeswoman of US State Department has expressed hope that Pakistan’s latest political crisis would be resolved in accordance with the country’s constitution amid a showdown between the judiciary and government.
The State Department did not expect the turmoil from a top court ruling to derail Washington’s diplomatic dialogue with Islamabad, AFP quoted her saying.
“We’ve said all along that we expect that Pakistan will resolve any of these internal issues in a just and transparent manner in accordance with Pakistan’s own laws and constitution,” Nuland told reporters.
“Our understanding is that the Pakistani government itself is meeting now to decide how it goes forward from here,” she said.
Supreme Court disqualified Yousuf Raza Gilani from office on Tuesday in a ruling that dissolved the cabinet and threatened to trigger elections later this year.
“Throughout this process, which has been going on for a number of months now, we have continued to work with the Pakistani government and try to get through some of these issues that have been difficult,” said Nuland, referring to disputes including a Pakistani blockade on Nato supply convoys into Afghanistan.
“So it is our hope and expectation that we’ll be able to continue to do that, but they obviously have to work their internal issues internally.”
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