According to BBC News, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said, “Pakistan may continue blockage of NATO convoys into Afghanistan for several weeks.”

Pakistan postponed the escorts in protest at air strikes which caused 24 dead of its troops at two checkpoints on the Afghan border last month. Mr Gilani refused to ban closing Pakistan's airspace to the and that moreover, he also denied rumors about President Asif Ali Zardari had suffered a stroke and the army was trying to expel him.

Mr Gilani pointed out that Mr Zardari was making a rapid improvement in hospital in Dubai. However, he would need two weeks' rest to recover before returns home.

According to AP, it reported that Pakistan's blockage of the Afghan border to NATO and war supplies. "We risk our lives and take these supplies to Afghanistan for NATO, and in return they are killing our soldiers," said Jan, whose fuel truck is parked in a terminal in the dusty, dangerous border town of Chaman in southwestern Baluchistan.

"This is unacceptable, and we unanimously support the government over closing the border." Given the current anti- sentiment in Pakistan, drivers might not want to call publicly for the border to reopen. There is broad annoyance throughout the country over the attack and that furthermore, they faces a challenge in repairing a relationship critical to its hopes of ending the Afghan war. "I hope Allah allows my prayer that this NATO supply ends permanently," said Ghaza Gul.