PPP's Raza Rabbani urges govt to take parliament into confidence on 'new US policy'

Former Senate chairman and senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Raza Rabbani on Monday urged the federal government to immediately take parliament into confidence on various aspects of its “new US policy”. In a statement, Rabbani said that the people have the right to know details and direction of foreign policy, stressing that history had shown the US had never proved to be a "reliable friend". Responding to the agreement with American metals company US Strategic Metals (USSM) on the purchase of minerals, he regretted that agreements over rare minerals were being reported by the media, rather than being shared by the government, calling this “unfortunate”.