Pakistan has emphatically conveyed its concerns over drone strikes to the United States, Foreign Office spokesperson Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has said.
Chaudhry said there was across-the-board political consensus in Pakistan that drone attacks should be stopped.
According to the Daily Times, addressing a weekly news briefing, Chaudhry said the prime minister had clearly called for an end to drone strikes.
On the instructions of the prime minister, he said, the Special Assistant to the prime minister had summoned the US charge D’affairs to convey a strong message that the drone strikes were violating Pakistan’s sovereignty, international law, UN Charter and the norms of inter-state relations, the report said.
He said there was a growing international debate over humanitarian and legal implications of drone strikes. (ANI)