Tag: Drones
Obama vows strict oversight of drone programme
Faced with growing criticism of US clandestine counter-terror policies, President Barack Obama on Thursday declared to enforce strict oversight over use of drones as...
PHC declares drone strikes illegal, directs govt to contact IWCT
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has declared the US drone strikes within Pakistani territory illegal and has ordered the government to contact the International...
US must focus on resolving Indo-Pak tensions, ME dispute: book
The United States should focus on resolving tensions between in India and Pakistan and the festering Middle East dispute for genuine progress towards peace...
Pakistan strongly condemns US drone attack in NWA
Pakistan has strongly condemned the US-led drone strike in North Waziristan tribal region which killed at least four people on Sunday.
According to a statement...
Paradigm shift: US drone programme to shift from CIA to the...
The White House is working to shift control of the US Central Intelligence Agency's controversial drone programme to the military amid mounting criticism of...
Focus on Pakistani nation, not just fighting terror: Munter
Former US ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter on Sunday said that United States is dealing with a government in Pakistan which cannot always deliver....
Protest against drone strikes held in Washington
A demonstration against drone attacks was held on Saturday outside the Pakistani embassy in Washington.
According to details, activists from CODEPINK, a peace and justice...
Demo held against drone attacks outside Pak embassy in US
A demonstration against drone attacks was held outside Pakistan embassy in Washington.
According to media reports, Activists from CODEPINK, a Peace and Justice organization,...
Americans deserve to know more about drone war: Obama
President Barack Obama on Friday promised to be more forthcoming with the American public on his administration's campaign of lethal drone strikes amid criticism...
Brennan defends drone attacks, even on Americans
CIA Director-designate John Brennan strongly defended attacks by unmanned drones Thursday under close questioning at a protest-disrupted confirmation hearing. On a second controversial topic,...
Obama to hand secret drone war guidelines to lawmakers
President Barack Obama has directed the Justice Department to give Congress' intelligence committees access to classified legal advice providing the government's rationale for drone...
Sherry says Pak-US ties defined by mutual respect
Relations between Pakistan and the US have moved forward from a recent rocky phase as the two sides have restored multifaceted cooperation, Ambassador to...
Memo justifies drone kills even with patchy intelligence
The US government has authorised the killing of American citizens as part of its controversial drone campaign against al Qaeda even without intelligence that...
Drones must roll in Pakistan, says Panetta
The United States will have to keep up an open-ended drone war against al Qaeda militants in Pakistan and elsewhere to prevent another terror...
Imtiaz Gul to advise UN Rapporteur on drones
Ben Emmerson QC, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and counter-terrorism, has picked up Imtiaz Gul, the executive director of the independent Centre...
US foreign policy not about drones only: Kerry
As the US faced mounting criticism for its unabated use of unilateral drones in Pakistan and other countries, President Barack Obama’s pick for Secretary...
Stop using drones on us, president tells US
President Asif Ali Zardari has said drone attacks were not only violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty but were counter-productive and their legality was questionable.
Talking to...
