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| Drone strikes: Senate tells govt to seek ‘compensation’ from US |
| 2017-12-19 |
| [DAILYTIMES.PK] Legislators in the Upper House of parliament on Monday adopted a resolution urging the government to demand financial compensation from the US on account of lives lost and damages done to the properties of innocent citizens of Pakistain as a result of drone attacks inside the territorial limits of the country since 2000. The Senators urged the government to send copies of the resolution adopted by the House to the UN General Assembly, NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... , EU, Commonwealth and Asian Parliamentary Assembly in order to highlight impact of drone attacks on the social, economic and psychological conditions of the victims. Ruling PML-N Senator Javed Abbasi presented the resolution which was adopted unanimously. In another resolution, the government was urged to lay all international conventions, treaties, covenants, commitments and agreements signed or ratified by the government of Pakistain before both parliament. |
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