- 13 Apr 2011
US drone strike kills 6 - 13 Apr 2011
Guantanamo lawyer condemns drone strikes - 13 Apr 2011
Relations with the US : ISI seeks ‘visibility’ of covert CIA operatives - 12 Apr 2011
Pakistan tells US: ‘Scale back CIA activities’
- RSS
- Today's Paper
- Subscribe
- beta 2.1
Alerts
Drone strikes giving rise to extremism: CM Punjab
Shahbaz Sharif calls drone strikes grave crime, believes strikes being carried out with government's help.
LHC says courts cannot interfere in policy matters of the government.
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday called drone attacks a grave crime which he believes are being carried out with the help of the government.
The chief minister, addressing the media after a prize distribution ceremony at a technical school in the rangers’ headquarters in Lahore, urged the public to unite against the drone attacks.
He blamed the aggressive drone campaign of increasing extremism rather than reducing it.
Commenting on dyke breaches during last year’s floods, he said the judicial inquiry was completed adding that the report will soon be handed to the Cant committee and appropriate measures will be taken.
Related Videos
Reader Comments (26)
Pakistan Latest Stories
Cylinder blast in Gujranwala plaza injures seven
Injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Imran Farooq murder: Scotland Yard officers raid more houses in London
The police had raided two houses in the same area on June 18.
Protesting killings: MQM MNAs walk out of National Assembly session
The MQM MNAs returned to the house after registering the protest.
Jiah Khan's letter will be sent to handwriting expert: Police
Sooraj was arrested June 10 in connection with the suicide of actor Jiah Khan.
Imran urges action against drones as he becomes MNA
Imran had missed the official oath-taking ceremony on June 1 on grounds of ill health.
New businesses: Two arrested for issuing false fitness certificates
Fake OGRA regional office busted.
Save the children: Two more lives lost to measles in Faisalabad
Death toll since January in the district reaches 48.
Post budget conference: ‘Finance commission after local government election’
Finance minister lets finance secretary, do the talking.
Other Narrative: Relatives of man killed in police encounter protest
Hussain, 25, held no criminal record.
Recent Slideshows
More in Pakistan
Is the west Darul-Harb for Muslims?
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, redistributed or derived from.
Unless otherwise stated, all content is copyrighted © 2013 The Express Tribune News Network.
Technical feedback? [email protected]
Biggest example of hypocrisy, first YOU support the killings of innocent Pakistani’s behind publics back the YOU condemn them. Recommend
Extremists looking for reasons to justify their extremism, thats all there is to it. Sad try but then there was no other way out. Loose cannons.Recommend
What a pile of crap. The Generals run Pakistans security policy, and he is blaming the government for drone attacks? Recommend
What is giving rise to extremism is bad economic policies leading to raising poverty levels and despair because of inflation.Recommend
Military leaders says,
drone campaign has exceeded,
its original scope,
despite of it they made a mistake,
what should do now?Recommend
Well, Mr Sharif is quite right in his observations about Americans stopping the drone strikes, killing innocent jihadis but follow his example to give big donations to them(JUD) to persue their noble mission. Recommend
violation,
in fact they are not bound any moral or political agreement
because they are only super power in the world.Recommend
In the first instance,
political leadership and aftermath military leadership
protested on it,
but as have seen today,
drone attacks has exceeded limits,
they have no original scope,targeting everywhere everyone,
it mean they have deliberately ignored all the protests registered by
high up,high profiles,
including the crucial majority of people of Pakistan.Recommend
@Meekal Ahmed:
Dead right! Drone is rather effect than cause. While the Military has to take the lion’s share of blame besides the economic factor you have mentioned, Shabaz and his brother (ex-Amir-ul-Momeen) are playing ducks and drakes with the Talibans. Recommend
President of Pakistan requested its ally
in the war against terror for providing Drone Technology,
and now received 6 after 44.
what kind of respond?Recommend
Another candidate for Oscar next yearRecommend
Wah!!Wah!!
tehrike taliban is operating in punjab!!
Hafeez saeed,lashkar has office in punjab!!
You politicians are giving rise to militancy!!Recommend
What a lunatic logic….generals and judges be on my side…
Are they not already…???
Does Punjab want generals and judges to rule, with Mian sahib in the cleaners seat.Recommend
So, why doesn’t Pakistan kick out the Americans? Don’t all Pakistanis claim that they will give their lives for Islam/Pakistan? What’s stopping them now?
For a start, Pakistan should stop accepting American aid.Recommend
@Khalid Kamal:
Nominate him for the Comedian of the year!! Its a shame that there is no one more capable of running a beautiful and resourceful state like Punjab apart from these crooked brothers who consider the state as their own fiefdom of some fashion!!!!!!
Shame on the people of Punjab, that having witnessed their corrupt practices and inability to govern , you will still be electing them again!!!!! you guys need HELP !!Recommend
Fooling Pakistan!. All are united and sleeping with US. Shame on you.. Army and Politicians are getting dollars to kill their fellow countrymen. They will fly from Pakistan when deal is completed.Recommend
Wow, first PM GIlani condemed the drone attack, then CM Sharif and now Mr Rehman Malik. And tomorrow they will share a nice breakfast and share a laugh on the fools they are making of the people of PakistanRecommend
Fooling Pakistan…Recommend
long live shahbaz sharif we love you Recommend
@TightDhoti:
“What a pile of crap. The Generals run Pakistans security policy, and he is blaming the government for drone attacks?”
Right, and wasn’t it Zardari on wikileaks telling the US to continue with the strikes and that his party would make a fuss in parliament to placate public opinion and leave it at that?
Whether the generals run Pakistan’s security policy or not, it has been clearly established that the politicians of the PPP are completely in favor of the drone strikes and are willing to lie to the Pakistani public about it.Recommend
Drone strikes giving rise to extremism: CM Punjab
????
Thank you for stealing the words that Imran Khan has been telling us for years now. Whenever he says something the Sharifs or the Army generals or PPP end up saying that same thing in the near future.Recommend
Hypocrite. If you can’t do anything about it, you shouldn’t be in power. GET OUT.Recommend
Imran Khan has only being saying this for…. EVER.Recommend
Exactly true becasue every action has re-action but in opposite direction. killing inocent people is not only agaisnt the humanatrian principal but also agaisnt the internaational laws.Recommend
Hypocray at its best.Recommend
@Hedgefunder
I guess yu are more articulate in defining the state & entire setup.
CheersRecommend