Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani says his country's blockade of NATO supply lines into Afghanistan -- ordered in retaliation for a deadly NATO helicopter attack in Pakistan -- is likely to stay in place for weeks.In a December 11 interview with the BBC, Gilani admitted Pakistan was using the blockades on the supply routes as a bargaining chip to get Washington to write new "rules of engagement" for NATO attacks in Pakistan's border region.Gilani said Pakistan could take further retaliatory action, including the possibility of closing its airspace to the United States -- a move that would further complicate the supply of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Gilani also told the BBC that neither Pakistan nor the United States trusted each other in the fight against Islamic militancy, and that Islamabad would keep its blockades in place at border crossings into Afghanistan until new rules of engagement were written.
"Yes, there is a credibility gap [between Pakistan and the United States]. We are working together and still we don't trust each other," Gilani said.
