Tag: drone strikes

Decision on drone strikes Centre’s prerogative: Khattak

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister-designate and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central General Secretary Pervez Khattak on Friday said the PTI’s stance on drone attacks was very...

PHC declares drone strikes illegal

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday declared the CIA-led drone strikes on Pakistani territory illegal and ordered the government to compensate the victims...

‘Drones cause growing hatred for America’

A bipartisan panel of senators held a spirited and unusually public debate on Tuesday afternoon about the legality and unintended consequences of America’s targeted...

Campaign against drone strikes in Pakistan to continue: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan has said he would continue his campaign against drone strikes in tribal areas of Pakistan. Speaking at a function in...

Hamid Gul condemns ‘murderous’ drone strikes

Former Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt General (Retd) Hamid Gul on Sunday termed US led drone strikes as ‘murderous attacks’. Hamid Gul said...

Mission accomplished

Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan claimed victory on Sunday at the end of his peace march against US drone strikes, despite failing to reach...

US peace delegates arriving to protest drone strikes

A US peace movement, CODEPINK, has announced that 40 American activists will be traveling to Pakistan from October 3 to10 on a mission to...

Waziristan ‘peace march’ will help stop drone strikes: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said PTI’s forthcoming Waziristan march will enable the world to see the massive destruction caused by...

Counter strike!

A large number of Khaksar Tehreek (KT) activists staged protest and observed a hunger strike on Friday against drone attacks and killing of civilians. KT...

Pakistan reiterates call for apology, end to drones strikes

Pakistan has reiterated its call for US apology over Salala attacks and an end to controversial drone strikes into its tribal areas to pave...

US to intensify drone strikes in Pakistan

The United States has decided to intensify drone strikes in the Tribal Areas to mount pressure on Pakistan to restore NATO supply line without...

Drone hits carried out after approval of host countries, says Brennan

Drone strikes are always done with approval of the countries where they take place, Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan told Fox News. “Drones, the...

The villainous cover-ups

The decline is steep and remedies extinct The word governance in Pakistan has become synonymous with everything degenerate. While the hapless people are pounded with...

US admits pausing drone strikes

The U.S. acknowledgment of an ongoing six-week suspension of drone strikes in Pakistan came Saturday amid White House efforts to repair a relationship damaged...

Campaigners fail to woo people against US drone strikes

ISLAMABAD - Campaigners condemn US drone strikes in Pakistan as extra-judicial assassinations that kill hundreds of civilians, but popular protests against them are conspicuous...

PTI rallies against drone strikes in tribal areas

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Friday announced that his party and international human rights campaigners would approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) against...