Pakistan summons US envoy over drone strike
Islamabad: On the instructions of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, US Charge d' Affaires was summoned on Saturday by Pakistan's Foreign Office to lodge protest against a drone strike carried out in the...
View ArticleUS drone strikes in Pakistan 'simply unacceptable': Sharif
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said he is ready to facilitate the withdrawal of foreign troops from neighbouring Afghanistan but US drone strikes in his country "must stop" as...
View ArticleNawaz Sharif says, Drone attacks 'simply unacceptable'
Tweet Newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff has said that Drone attacks by the US in Pakistan's militancy-hit northwest tribal region "must stop" as they were violating the country's...
View ArticleDrone attacks 'simply unacceptable': Nawaz Sharif
Tweet Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) Drone attacks by the US in Pakistan's militancy-hit northwest tribal region "must stop" as they were violating the country's sovereignty and international laws, Prime...
View ArticleObama's restrictions on drone program welcomed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Obama's commitment to scaling back the use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists could pave the way for improved relations between the United States and...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban No. 2 killed in drone raid?
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistani Taliban's deputy chief Waliur Rehman was among at least seven people killed in a US drone strike near Miranshah in the country's North Waziristan region bordering...
View ArticleNawaz Sharif expresses concern over US drone strikes
Islamabad, May 31: Nawaz Sharif, who is set to become prime minister of Pakistan, Friday expressed strong reservations over US drone attacks inside Pakistani territory. The drone strikes were not only...
View ArticlePak Taliban No 2 Wali-ur-Rehman among six dead in US drone strike
Islamabad: At least six suspected militants were today killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan tribal region, amid reports that Taliban's No. 2 commander in the country,...
View ArticlePak Taliban number 2 Wali-ur-Rehman killed in US drone strike
Islamabad: At least six suspected militants were today killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan tribal region, amid reports that Taliban's No. 2 commander in the country,...
View Article7 dead in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A U.S. drone strike killed seven people in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on Wednesday, security officials said, the first such attack since a May 11 general election in which...
View ArticlePakistan condemns US drone attack that killed Taliban's Wali-ur-Rehman
Zee Media Bureau Islamabad: Issuing a strong condemnation of a drone attack that killed a top Taliban official, Pakistan has said that the attack in North Waziristan infringed the nation’s...
View ArticleU.S. launches first drone strike in Pakistan since election
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed seven people in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on Wednesday, security officials said, the first such attack since a May 11 general...
View ArticlePakistan summons US diplomat over drone strikes
Islamabad, June 09: Pakistan summoned a top US diplomat and lodged a formal protest over a recent drone strike which killed at least seven people. A US spy aircraft fired missiles on a house in North...
View ArticleSharif raps US drone attack in tribal area
ISLAMABAD - Incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday condemned the latest US drone strike in the country’s tribal belt which killed the Taleban’s deputy chief. “The drone attack was not only a...
View ArticleEnd drone strikes: Nawaz Sharif to Barack Obama
Islamabad, June 05: Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday sought an end to the controversial US drone attacks targeting al Qaeda and Taliban militants in safe havens in the country's...
View ArticleWho will stop the drone strikes?
Newly-elected Pakistani PM Sharif faces a number of challenges. But experts say the biggest one is how to convince the US to stop drone strikes against militants in the country's northwestern tribal...
View ArticlePakistan’s Nawaz Sharif declares end to secret approval of U.S. drone...
ISLAMABAD — In office for less than a week, Pakistan’s new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, vented his anger Monday at two recent U.S. drone strikes, all but accusing his country’s overbearing military...
View ArticlePakistan’s Nawaz Sharif declares end to secret approval of U.S. drone strikes
ISLAMABAD In office for less than a week, Pakistan’s new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, vented his anger Monday at two recent U.S. drone strikes, all but accusing his country’s overbearing military of...
View ArticlePakistan summons U.S. embassy officials over drone strikes
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif summoned U.S. Embassy officials Saturday to formally protest continued drone strikes on Pakistani soil, just hours after a suspected missile attack...
View ArticleUS drone missile attack in Pakistan kills 16
Unmanned US aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan before dawn yesterday, killing 16 suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The drone strike elicited a swift...
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