Relatives of deceased taxi driver Muhammad Azam, who was killed in a US drone strike targeting the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last week in Balochistan’s Noshki district, have registered a case against US officials for the killing on Sunday.
The First Information Report (FIR) was lodged by Azam’s brother, Muhammad Qasim, at the Mal Levies station with the Mal tehsildar in the Noshki district.
“I seek justice in this case. Legal action should be taken against all those US officials responsible for killing my innocent brother in a drone strike near Noshki,” read a statement in the FIR.
The FIR, however, does not mention any US officials by name.
His family members said Azam, a father of four children, was the sole earner in his family. They called for action to be taken against the US officials responsible for the drone strike.
The FIR has been lodged on different counts including murder, terrorism and laws that deal with explosives.
Azam and Mansour were killed in a US drone strike on May 21 in a remote area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Azam was the driver of the car the Taliban leader was travelling in.
The mission, which US officials said was authorised by President Barack Obama, included multiple drones.
Following the strike, US Secretary of State John Kerry said leaders of both Pakistan and Afghanistan were notified of the air strike but he declined to elaborate on the timing of the notifications, which he said included a telephone call from him to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
