Pakistan says draft US 9/11 law could harm relations

Draft US anti-terrorism legislation could undermine relations with Pakistan because of its allegations about terrorist safe havens and nuclear proliferation networks, the foreign ministry said.

The US Congress Friday approved a bill to implement key anti-terrorism recommendations of the independent probe into the September 11 attacks in 2001 that will become law if President George W. Bush signs it.

Pakistan says the new law could undermine relations between the "war on terror" allies because it contained "unsubstantiated" allegations.

"The draft bill... contains references and provisions that cast a shadow on the existing cooperation between Pakistan and US," the ministry said in a statement at the weekend. AFP