Wednesday, June 19, 2013

SC moved against drone strikes

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday to direct the Federation to stop drone attacks, which have killed hundreds of innocent people in FATA/Waziristan.
Mado Jan, a resident of South Waziristan Agency, in person filed the petition under Article 184(3) of Constitution, making the Federation through secretaries ministry of interior, ministry of foreign affairs, ministry of defence, ministry of information and US ambassador/US charge d' affairs as respondents.
The killing of Pakistani citizens on large scale is an offence of murder of which US President Barak Obama and others should be dealt with in accordance with law.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/editors-picks/19-Jun-2013/sc-moved-against-drone-strikes 

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