A UN team concludes that US drone strikes violate Pakistan's sovereignity. PHOTO: FILE
The team investigated the deaths occurring due to US drone attacks in Pakistan.
UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism Ben Emmerson also acknowledged government of Pakistan’s aversion towards the drone strikes.
Ben’s statement said that during a three day visit, Pakistani officials had told him that as many as 400 civilians were killed by the US drones.
A Pakistani analyst Imtiaz Gul helped Emmerson’s team during the investigation. He presented them with case studies of 25 drone strikes that had allegedly resulted in many innocent deaths.
The US drone issue has been discussed over the years but US officials have always averted claims that drone strikes kill civilians and they have also alleged that Pakistan’s assent is always there.
Pakistan government has consistently called the strikes to be counterproductive causing greater animosity amongst the people, contributing in creating new militants than the good they do in killing militants. Additionally they violate Pakistan's sovereignty.
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