US drone strikes in Pakistan "must stop", Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif said today, days after American special forces killed Taliban chief Mullah Mansour in a drone attack in the country's restive Balochistan province.

Speaking with the media after attending President Mamnoon Hussain's address to a joint session of Parliament, General Sharif said: "US drone strikes in Pakistani territory are regrettable and must stop."General Sharif's comments on the drone strikes comes in the backdrop of US drone strike in Balochistan on May 21 that killed Mansour.Hailing Mansour's death as an "important milestone" in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama has said that American forces would continue to go after threats on Pakistani soil.