Pakistan opposition parties: Shoot US drones down

Source: PressTV
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The mainstream political opposition parties of Pakistan condemn the US drone attacks in country's tribal region, urging Islamabad to shoot them down.

Criticizing the attacks as "foreign intrusion," the parties' officials said that the US is violating Pakistan's sovereignty.

Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and the Jamaat-e-Islami parties have demanded the government on Friday to ensure autonomy of the country by making its policies effective, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Talking to reporters, Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan, a PML-N lawmaker and a former chief minister of North West Frontier Province, said effective strategy is required to halt drone attacks which have killed hundreds of civilians in the recent past.

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Seyyed Munawar Hasan, addressing the Friday sermon at Lahore, also said that the government should take stern steps and shoot down the unmanned US aircrafts.

He said the government should register a strong protest against the US, which has been constantly attacking the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan.

He said the weak policies of the government in Islamabad has instigated the US to turn Pakistan into its colony.

On Friday, missiles fired from a US drone killed five alleged militants in Tappi village in North Waziristan near Afghan border, a stronghold of pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants.

This was the fourth US missile attack in the tribal district over the last eight days.