Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday was moved to issue directives to the federal government for taking steps to stop drone strikes.
Mando Jan, resident of South Waziristan, had a filed petition naming interior ministry, foreign ministry and defence ministry as respondents
The petitioner in his petition also said that drone attacks were against the integrity and sovereignty of the country and innocent people were being killed in these strikes.
He asked the court to issue orders to the federal government to stop the drone attacks.