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| Govt asked to shoot down drones |
| 2011-04-27 |
| [Dawn] A Jamaat-i-Islami sponsored roundtable conference held here on Monday asked the government to shoot down drones and take up the issue at international forums. The conference alleged that the federal government had allowed US drones to use Pak airports for bombing targets in the tribal area. The roundtable conference was held at the party headquarters against drone attacks in Fata. Pakistain Mohammedan League, dissident MNA of Awami National Party Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, PML-Q, Pakistain People's Party-Sherpao and leaders of religious parties attended the conference. A joint declaration said that the CIA-operated drones were taking off from Pak airports which had carried out over 260 attacks in the tribal area so far. It said that about 4,000 innocent people including women and kiddies had been killed in these attacks. The declaration termed drone attacks violation of the country illusory sovereignty, fundamental human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... and United Nations ...an organization whose definition of human rightsis interesting, to say the least... charter. It said that the Parliament had passed unanimous resolution in October 2008, but it had not been implemented in letter and spirit. |
| Posted by:Fred |