Islamabad: Any unilateral US military action against militants in Pakistan will be "unacceptable" and the country`s armed forces have the capability to respond to such a strike, ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha told a meeting of the top political leadership on Thursday.

Pasha made the remarks while briefing a meeting of all political parties convened by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to forge a consensus response to tensions with the US, TV news channels reported. There was no official word on the Inter-Services Intelligence agency chief`s briefing.

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Briefing the politicians about the security situation and challenges facing Islamabad, Pasha was quoted by the news channels as saying that "political, diplomatic and military channels" should be used to resolve differences between Pakistan and the US.

Pakistan will not allow the situation to get to a "point of no return", he was quoted as saying.

However, Pasha made it clear that any US attack within Pakistan in the name of fighting militants will be "unacceptable" and could trigger a "quick and equal response", Express 24/7 channel quoted its sources as saying.

Pasha reportedly told the meeting that the ISI was not "exporting terrorism". On hearing this, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif questioned the ISI chief`s remarks and asked why the world community was accusing Pakistan of backing militants, Geo News channel reported.

Sharif said all such issues should be taken up in parliament, the channel added. Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani responded to Sharif`s remarks by saying that he would address the former premier`s concerns, the channel reported.

The military leadership rejected US accusations that the ISI had backed the Haqqani network in carrying out a string of terror attacks in Afghanistan, media reports said.

At one stage, Mehmood Khan Achakzai of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party told Pasha that if the ISI wanted, it could usher in peace in Afghanistan in a month, news channels reported.

PTI