Pakistan has decided to take up the issue of strikes by the CIA-run unmanned aircraft in the country’s tribal regions as the government, rights groups and tribesmen say that they kill innocent people, a TV channel reported.
The US drones routinely fire missiles into tribal regions which the American officials have claimed to be bases for the militants who launch cross-border attacks into Afghanistan.
Pakistan repeatedly asks the Unites States to stop drone strikes but Americans have ruled out any change in the policy. The issue of drone attacks is one of the irritants in the bilateral relationship.
After the US refusal to halt the strikes, Pakistan has decided to approach the UN to seek its help to stop these attacks, which Pakistan insists is counter-productive in the war on terror, the channel reported.
Pakistani government has started collecting data about the US drone attacks and casualties.
The government has directed the administrative officials in the tribal regions to provide details about the strikes to vigorously pursue the case.
Pakistan to take up US drone strikes issue in UN
