US Congress gets bills to downgrade Pakistan's status

September 18, 2012 14:04

Arguing that it was time to stop expedited supply of sophisticated US weaponry to Pakistan, a top American lawmaker has introduced a bill in Congress seeking the removal of "treacherous" Islamabad's major non-NATO ally status.

"It's time to break with Pakistan, but at the very least we should stop providing them the eligibility to obtain our own sophisticated weaponry in an expedited process.

"Too many of our own men and women have died because of Islamabad's treachery," Texas Congressman Ted Poe said after introducing HR 6391, the bill seeking removal of the major non-NATO ally (MNNA) status to Pakistan.

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