Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday the government had strongly protested against the latest drone strike.
Talking to Radio Pakistan, he said even if former military ruler had allowed the US government to conduct drone strikes inside the country, it was not legal, as he was not a legitimate ruler.
Rasheed said, “We would have to talk to Americans and inform them about Pakistan’s reservations on drone attacks as people had strong sentiments against these strikes.”
He urged political parties, institutions, intelligentsia and people of Pakistan to focus on common issues, including terrorism, extremism, energy crisis and shortage of clean water, education, health and other facilities in the country.
To a question, he said it was pivotal that opposition kept a close check on treasury to help it make policies and programmes for the people’s welfare.
The info minister said Pakistan gave a look of an insecure country where foreign investors were reluctant to invest and capital was fleeing. He said the government had to change this perception.
To another question regarding secret funds, Rasheed said it was inappropriate to use tax payers’ money for gaining political ends.
He, however, was of the view that if there were some national objectives to be attained with these funds, their use should be transparent and answerable to parliament and other relevant quarters. He said the government would abolish the law under which these funds were used in the past.
Regarding power load shedding, he said the problem was complex as not only less electricity was being produced, but also more of it relied on oil to run plants.
