Pakistan condemns US drone strike in North Waziristan

Foreign office demands the immediate cessation of strikes such as those conduced in Datta Khel on Sunday morning


Web Desk January 05, 2015
The government reiterated its position that such strikes constitute a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. PHOTO: AFP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday condemned Sunday’s drone strike in Datta Khel, North Waziristan, which had targeted a Taliban-linked militant commander.

The drone strike, targeting Hafiz Gul Bahadur, had killed at least six militants on Sunday morning.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, the government reiterated its position that such strikes constitute a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The foreign office demanded the immediate cessation of such strikes.

The statement is a departure from recent trends when strikes in the immediate aftermath of the Peshawar school attack were not condemned by the foreign office. Further, Monday’s statement did not carry the oft repeated line of how the strikes are counter productive.

COMMENTS (11)

Usman | 9 years ago | Reply

@Jai Sivaramakrishna: Worry about your own Caste ridden, female fetus aborting, dowry burning, North Indian dominated society before commenting on Pakistan, I am a Pukhtun and I count Punjabis, Kashmiris and Urdu Speakers in Family and have Baluchi and Sindhi friends. Pakistan is more integrated and culturally cohesive than India/

Jai Sivaramakrishna | 9 years ago | Reply

After close to 380 drone attacks violating Pakistani sovereignty, all the Punjabi Military dominated Deep State of Pakistan does is make pro-forma protests! Whatever happened to the military hardware that was acquired by wringing dry the civilian population of Pakistan? Are they reserved only for parades?

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