The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has declared the US drone strikes within Pakistani territory illegal and has ordered the government to contact the International War Crime Tribunal (IWCT) regarding the issue.
A two-member PHC bench – headed by Chief Justice Dost Muhammad heard the case against the CIA-led drone strike in Pakistan.
Justice Muhammad said drone attacks should be declared equivalent to war crimes.
He said the attacks were violation of basic human rights and against the United Nations Charter.
The PHC directed the government to take measures to stop drone strikes which it said were violating Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
On the other hand, the government was of the view that the CIA drone campaign fueled anti-American sentiment in the country, and was counterproductive because of the collateral damage civilian deaths it causes.
US officials said such strikes by the remotely piloted aircraft were a highly effective way of attacking militants and were an important weapon in the war against militancy. They said the attacks were in accordance with US laws.
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Under PHC's direction Government must love to spend a lot of money on IWCT …
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Good decision…this demand should be taken to the International War Crime Tribunal and the UN immediately. Drone attacks have built up extremisist activities in Pakistan instead of curbing them. They have a reverse affect, they're not at all an affective method of countering terrorism. 80 percent of the time…innocent civilians are killed. They go against the UN charter of human rights which says that every human being who is convicted of a crime must be presumed innocent until proved guilty during trial.
dost muhammad must take suomotto on drone attacks in yeman too.
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