RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on behalf of the provincial government and cabinet has lodged a strong protest against the American drone strikes in the settled area of Thall, Hangu District.

He said that due to the ill conceived foreign policy of the government the drone strikes were being continuously carried out in the tribal areas. “This ugly act is an open violation of our sovereignty and an aggression against Pakistan on the part of the US.”

In a statement issued here on Thursday, the CM termed the strikes as direct attack on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country and democracy.

He also said that incident had proved wrong and false all the high claims of the US about democracy. He demanded the Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz to explain position to the nation about his recent policy statement that Americans had assured of halting drone strikes.

Pervez Khattak said the drone strikes on the settled areas of KP were not tolerable.