Source: BBC
At least 17 people have been killed in a suspected US drone strike on a compound in north-west Pakistan, Pakistani officials say.
At least two missiles were fired at a house in North Waziristan tribal region early on Wednesday, the deadliest drone attack in Pakistan this year.
It is the third such attack since new PM Nawaz Sharif won elections in May. He has demanded an end to such attacks.
A government statement said the strike violated Pakistan’s sovereignty.
“Pakistan has repeatedly emphasised the importance of bringing an immediate end to drone strikes,” a foreign ministry spokesman said.
“They are counter-productive, entail loss of innocent civilian lives and have human rights and humanitarian implications.”
In a separate development, at least six security personnel are reported to have been killed and at least six more injured in an early morning attack by militants at a checkpoint near Peshawar.
At least two more are reported to be missing, possibly kidnapped by the attackers.
The Pakistani Government has always given permission to the US to use drone strikes on its territory. The old government said: ‘you do what you want and we will protest’ and it seems there is no change in this ‘arrangement’….