[Dawn] Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court asking it to declare that the drone attacks are attacks on the sovereignty and defence of Pakistan and a war crime.
The petition, filed by Advocate Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on behalf of Khan, says the provisions of logistics and facilities to any foreign country or alliance for mass destruction through drone strikes inside the territory of Pakistan resulting into killings of Pakistani citizen is illegal, unwarranted, unconstitutional, in violation the United Nations Charter, universal declaration of human rights, international law as well as the international humanitarian law, a war crime and an attack on the sovereignty, solidarity, integrity and defence of Pakistan. |