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| NA unanimously condemns repeated drone strikes |
| 2013-12-11 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Amidst a visible division between the ruling PML-N and opposition party PTI over the strategy to halt US drone strikes, the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to condemn the repeated drone attacks within the territories of the country and urged the allied forces to immediately stop this illegal practice. The resolution was moved jointly by Kishwer Naeema Khan, Maulana Ameer Zaman and Shania Akhtar Ali of the JUI-F and received support of all the parties. The members of PML-N and PTI indulged in criticism over the latter's stopping of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... supply, which Minister for Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir Baloch dubbed as political point-scoring by the PTI. "The drone issue needs to be tackled diplomatically rather than being sentimental on it," he said. Baloch asked how could a party having lower representation in the House dictate the assembly which has 342 members. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... he emphatically declared that the government is opposed to such strikes which, he noted, are a blatant violation of the country's illusory sovereignty. He said drone attacks are proving counterproductive and the government wants to stop them by building pressure on the allied forces. A US drone attack early last month killed TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsood, sabotaging the grinding of the peace processor between the government and the Death Eaters which was about to begin. Reacting to the remarks of Baloch, PTI politician Dr Arif Alvi said that his party has strong objection to his words and said that stoppage of NATO supplies is an indirect tool to help the government. |
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