End drone strikes, NOW: Sharif to Obama
June 05, 2013 17:54
Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today sought an end to the controversial US drone attacks targeting al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in safe havens in the country's lawless tribal belts.
"We respect the sovereignty of others and they should respect our sovereignty and independence. This campaign must come to an end," Sharif told MPs in his first address since being re-elected to the top post. He told MPs that it was necessary to work out a joint strategy to stop the CIA-operated drone strikes in Pakistan's unruly tribal areas.
"We must learn others' [American] concerns about us, and express our concerns about them, and find a way to resolve this issue," he said. "These drone strikes that rain in every day have to stop," Sharif said.
"We respect the sovereignty of others and they should respect our sovereignty and independence. This campaign must come to an end," Sharif told MPs in his first address since being re-elected to the top post. He told MPs that it was necessary to work out a joint strategy to stop the CIA-operated drone strikes in Pakistan's unruly tribal areas.
"We must learn others' [American] concerns about us, and express our concerns about them, and find a way to resolve this issue," he said. "These drone strikes that rain in every day have to stop," Sharif said.
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