[Dawn] The Foreign Office said on Thursday that the government was convinced that drone attacks were counter-productive and it (FO) had sought details from the defence ministry about the low non-combatant casualty figure reported in Senate."Our position on the drone strikes is very clear. We are convinced that drone strikes are counter-productive," Foreign Office front man Aizaz Chaudhry said at the weekly media briefing, a day after the defence ministry informed Senate that drones had killed 2,160 gunnies and the number of civilians killed by drones was 67.
He said the Foreign Office had sought details from the defence ministry on the casualty figure quoted in Senate.
The Foreign Office, based on data provided by the military, had in March this year informed the UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson that there were 400 confirmed civilian deaths because of drones, while another 200 victims were likely non-combatants.
The front man said the government's stance on drones was based on "national consensus" against the pilotless US planes to target bad turban targets in tribal areas.