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The new Chief Minister of Khyber Pakthunkhwa province Friday urged Prime Minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif to form a decisive policy to stop US drone strikes in the country’s tribal regions. “We call upon the federal government and Nawaz Sharif to chalk out a clear policy against US drones and terrorism and for peace,” Pervez Khan […]
The Peshawar High Court on Thursday described the American drone strikes in the country’s restive tribal regions as illegal and inhuman and instructed the Foreign Ministry to move a resolution in the United Nations against the attacks. The court issued the landmark verdict against the American strikes on four writ petitions, who had stated […]
An American spy aircraft Wednesday fired missiles into South Waziristan tribal region and killed at least five people, security officials said. Two missiles were fired on a house in Sararogha area early morning, completely destroying the building. All those in the compound were killed and injured, officials said. They said that the […]
Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned U.S. drone attack in North Waziristan tribal region which killed at least four people yesterday. A U.S. spy aircraft fired missiles on a house in Datta Khel town, 35 kilometres, west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan. “Such unilateral attacks are in contravention […]
Former President Pervez Musharraf has acknowledged his government secretly signed off on U.S. drone strikes, the first time a top past or present Pakistani official has admitted publicly to such a deal. Pakistani leaders long have openly challenged the drone program and insisted they had no part in it, CNN reported. Musharraf’s admission, […]
A number of activist groups are taking part in demonstrations to draw public attention to the use of unmanned aerial vehicle in Pakistan‚ Afghanistan and other countries. Dozens of protesters from “Grandmothers Against the War” gathered in New York City to denounce the US government’s use of drones. They chanted slogans and carried […]
Pakistan Thursday expressed concern over what it called ‘continued presence of safe havens’ of Pakistani Taliban militants Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nooristan provinces and urged Afghan government to eliminate their safe heavens. The military says that the members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan have fled to Afghanistan and are now operating from their and routinely launch attacks […]
The Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the European Union has approached the country to send observers for the coming parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on May 11. “We have received the EU request and their request is under process,” the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary, said […]
The Lahore High Court said on Friday that killing of innocent citizens including children and women in U.S. drone attacks is a violation of the fundamental rights of the people as enshrined in the Constitution of Pakistan. The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial made the remarks while hearing a petition moved […]
President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday urged the United States to revisit its drone attack policy in Pakistani tribal areas. Talking to a delegation of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee headed by its Chairman Senator Robert Menendez in Islamabad, President Zardari termed drone attack as counterproductive that are causing great damage at popular level and […]
Pakistan has reiterated its stand that strikes by U.S. spy aircraft in the country’s tribal regions are violation of international laws, Washington has justified the CIA-controlled operation. The issue of U.S drone strikes in Pakistan has been a major irritant in bilateral relationship for years and the latest different stance shows the problem remains […]
A senior Pakistani Taliban leader, Mulla Nazir, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in South Waziristan tribal region on Thursday, tribesmen and officials in the region said. A US spy aircraft fired missiles into South Waziristan’s Angor Adda area and killed Mulla Nazir and his five other fighters, they said. Angor Ada is very close […]
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