ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet’s Defence Committee rejected on Saturday a US military investigation into the deadly Nato air strikes on Pakistani border posts in November.

A meeting of the committee, chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, asked the military command to share its rejoinder with the American side.

“In the meeting, Pakistan’s position on the report was also elaborated and it was decided that the response will be shared with all concerned shortly,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

The Director General of Military Operations presented a point-wise riposte to the US findings and insisted that the attacks were intentional.

A source said ISPR, the army’s media wing, would make public its (army’s) objections on Monday after sharing them with the Americans. The preliminary Centcom report had blamed both US and Pakistani troops for the incident and noted that the Pakistani side fired first at the joint US-Afghan patrol.

The army regretted that the Americans did not formally share the report with it and instead placed it on the website.

Prime Minister Gilani said in the meeting that Pakistan’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity are non-negotiable”. He said Pakistan’s cooperation in the war on terror was premised on a ‘partnership’ approach entailing mutual respect, trust and interest.