Drone Strikes: Plea for cases against Bush, Obama

LHC issued notice to the federal government on the issue of US drone strikes to the International Court of Justice.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued notice to the federal government on a plea regarding taking the issue of US drone strikes to the International Court of Justice. Petitioner Advocate Ilmuddin Ghazi through his counsel AK Dogar, argued that the US drone attacks violated the sovereignty of the country. He said that government was not taking any practical measures despite innocent civilians being killed in the strikes. He requested that cases be registered against US Presidents Barack Obama and George Bush for war crimes.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 18^th, 2011.