The United States is targeting innocent people in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday.ARY One World quoted the prime minister as saying that the government will not make any compromise on Pakistan's sovereignty and integrity.
According to the channel, Gilani said that Pakistan was passing through a difficult phase, but would not give in to any pressure. The prime minister said that he had discussed issues related to co-operation between Pakistan and Afghanistan in his meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The Afghan president was in Islamabad on Tuesday to attend President Asif Zardari's oath-taking ceremony.
US drone missile strikes in the Tribal Areas have increased in the last few days. At least 17 people were killed in a drone missile attack in North Waziristan on Monday, while a similar attack on two houses in the agency's Garvek village on Friday killed three children and two women. On Thursday, a missile strike killed five people in North Waziristan.