Pakistan’s Foreign Office has issued a statement of strong condemnation today following the latest US drone strike, which killed four in North Waziristan Agency on Christmas night.
Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam complained that the strikes are in violation of international law and reiterated Pakistani government calls to end such strikes.
The news from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwah (K-P) Province is mostly unchanged, with K-P demonstrators continuing an anti-drone protest that is now in its 34th day, blocking NATO supply routes through the Khyber Pass until all attacks are halted.
Imran Khan, organizer of the K-P protests and head of the K-P’s ruling party, insists the demonstrations will continue as long as necessary, and that his party, which ran a campaign centered around opposition to the drones, would continue to support the protesters unconditionally.
Imran Khan continues to show that he is the real deal….. Not just talk like the rest… A man of action…
Soooo sad he lost the election… In my opinion, either it was stolen OR people there have becum so corrupt that any honest person is a nthreat to their survival… What a helhole.. I've been there, seen it.
It's the mess the British left behind.. Rich landlords charging peasant farmers usurious rents on lands stolen by the Brits for the Queen…. and sold to these landlord families who were quislings of the British.. See if you can guess which sides the players are on…in this feudal indenture system…. Yaa it's like the most cynical possible reality… The Taliban support the peasants, the gov. establishment supports the lamdlords….. When you read the Taliban has overtaken an area, it means the farmers pay no rents, maybe the Taliban charge them some extortion…. Who do you think is winning hearts and minds…???
Solidarity with these Pakistanis!