Drone attacks to be raised at the United Nations, says Foreign Office. PHOTO: AFP
In a briefing in Islamabad, Chaudhry said that drone attacks violate the sovereignty of Pakistan. He confirmed that Pakistan had released 33 Afghan Taliban prisoners in an attempt to aid reconciliation in Afghanistan
The whereabouts of some of these prisoners is now unknown.
No action should be taken against Syria without the permission of the United Nations, he added further.
According to the spokesperson, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will travel to Turkey on September 16.
Pakistan had previously condemned drone strikes in the country.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry had reiterated Pakistan's stance that "these unilateral strikes are a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Pakistan has repeatedly emphasised the importance of bringing an immediate end to drone strikes."
The strikes "have a negative impact on the mutual desire of both countries to forge a cordial and cooperative relationship and to ensure peace and stability in the region," the statement had added.
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What are you complaining about? Somebody has to clean up North Waziristan. Pakistan is clearly not capable. If FATA is such a sovereign region, why is it run by a shadow Sharia government?
@abc: Nation has been unable to defend 50,000 of its citizens from terrorists occupying its territory.
It seems that the issue is being not being properly addressed which was supposed to be resolved by strong diplomacy. If you are so weak than you can make hue and cry otherwise going to UN will not result anything other than blame game e.g (safe havens). There is no need to go to UN when there is clear instruction under UN charter that every nation has the right to self defense its territorial integrity.
@Citizen Kane: Well said. Please I hope Pakistan does go to UN. Then they'll realise how hollow the claims are. High time Pakistanis get to know why only North Waziristan is droned and not Peshawar or Lahore or Abbotabad. North Waziristan; where even our Supreme Court doesn't have jurisdiction.
US will respond by saying these drones take off from Pakistani territory.
And the US is planning to attack syria without the UNO's consent! US doesn't care UNO
What took so long ?
@PakPower: Well I agree with you but shooting down drones should be the last option. First lets try to stop it through all available channels. And they must figure out where is the Drone's Air Base. It could be in Pakistan. U never know.
We should be careful. What if someone raises the issue that North Waziristan (Pakistani territory) is under the control of foreign (Yemeni, Chechen, Uzbek, Afghan, Egyptian) citizens who use it to attack Afghanistan?
Finally, but I doubt any good will come from this. They should just shoot a drone down the next time it crosses the border. There is no other solution.