{"id":18955,"date":"2013-01-08T19:16:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T18:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/01\/08\/282497\/pakistanis-protest-us-drone-strikes\/"},"modified":"2013-01-09T16:42:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T15:42:32","slug":"pakistanis-protest-us-drone-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/pakistanis-protest-us-drone-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistanis protest illegal US drone strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_body_spnDetail\">Pakistanis protest US drone strikes in their country&#8217;s tribal region, in Multan on December 6, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>Pakistanis have taken to the streets to protest at US-led assassination drone attacks in their country, <strong>Press TV<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters in the central city of Multan condemned Washington\u2019s unsanctioned drone strikes that claim the lives of hundreds of Pakistanis every year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The protest on Tuesday follows US drone attacks in North Waziristan&#8217;s tribal areas which left eight people dead and four injured.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Sunday, at least 16 people were killed in a US drone strike on the tribal area of South Waziristan.<\/p>\n<p>Washington claims that its airstrikes target militants crossing the border with Afghanistan, but local sources say civilians have been the main victims of the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The killing of Pakistani civilians, including women and children, has strained relations between Islamabad and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Pakistan\u2019s Jama\u2019at ud-Da\u2019wah political group took legal action against the ongoing drone attacks. The group said despite a resolution passed by the Pakistani parliament in condemnation of the US attacks, the drone strikes continue to claim the lives of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past months, massive demonstrations have been held across Pakistan to condemn the United States for violating Pakistan\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>SZH\/PKH\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>Pakistanis protest US drone strikes in their country&#8217;s tribal region, in Multan on December 6, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pakistanis have taken to the streets to protest at US-led assassination drone attacks in their country, <strong>Press TV<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters in the central city of Multan condemned Washington&rsquo;s unsanctioned drone strikes that claim the lives of hundreds of Pakistanis every year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The protest on Tuesday follows US drone attacks in North Waziristan&#8217;s tribal areas which left eight people dead and four injured.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nOn Sunday, at least 16 people were killed in a US drone strike on the tribal area of South Waziristan.<\/p>\n<p>Washington claims that its airstrikes target militants crossing the border with Afghanistan, but local sources say civilians have been the main victims of the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The killing of Pakistani civilians, including women and children, has strained relations between Islamabad and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Pakistan&rsquo;s Jama&rsquo;at ud-Da&rsquo;wah political group took legal action against the ongoing drone attacks. The group said despite a resolution passed by the Pakistani parliament in condemnation of the US attacks, the drone strikes continue to claim the lives of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past months, massive demonstrations have been held across Pakistan to condemn the United States for violating Pakistan&rsquo;s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>SZH\/PKH\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}