With Washington perversely continuing to violate Pakistan\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s sovereignty with its assassination drones, a chorus is growing in the Asian country for military action against the unmanned aerial vehicles, Press TV<\/b> reports.\n<\/p>\n
Many in Pakistan are demanding that the high courts order the government to shoot down the US assassination drones.\n<\/p>\n
The newly elected members of Pakistan’s parliament have also shown resentment against the US for its violations.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThe Obama administration has to back off because they should decide whether Pakistan is a friend or if Pakistan is a foe. If Pakistan is a friend of the United States of America, then the drone strikes must end. It is incumbent on the newly elected government of Pakistan to take a clear, principled, strong position on this issue,\u201d said Mushahid Hussain, a member of Pakistan\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s parliament.\n<\/p>\n
Opposition groups, including the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s leading opposition party – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), recently blamed the Pakistani military for providing intelligence reports to the CIA, calling on the newly formed government to reform its domestic policies in order to find a diplomatic solution to rampant US aggression.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThe entire nation, a national consensus has evolved around drone attacks, and people feel that they should be stopped forthwith. Tehreek-e-Insaaf has very clearly said that if the government takes a position on this, we will give them all the support that they require,\u201d said Shah Mehmood Qureshi, vice chairman of the PTI.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is while Pakistan\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has criticized the assassination drone strikes, saying they violate the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s national sovereignty and territorial integrity and describing the CIA-operated strikes as a violation of international law and the UN charter. <\/p>\n
Washington claims to target militants in the country but reports indicate that many of the drone strike victims are civilians.\n<\/p>\n
Over the past several years, Washington has been launching drone attacks on Muslim countries, including Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. The strikes have also triggered massive protests in the Middle East.\n<\/p>\n
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