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Sharif warns anti-drone protests isolating Pak in international arena

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ANI Islamabad
Last Updated : Dec 28 2013 | 3:15 PM IST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has warned the opposition parties of engaging in anti-drone protests, which is pushing the country into isolation in the international arena.

Sharif cautioned that isolation led a state to alienation from the world community, while they are making the effort to transform the existing friendly ties into mutually beneficial partnerships, Dawn News reports.

Sharif's remarks came as the anti-drone protests spread to Balochistan for blocking the second land route used for shipping Nato supplies to and from Afghanistan, the report added.

The US has been pressurising the Pakistan government to keep the land routes open, and had last week passed a bill linking Coalition Support Fund reimbursements to reopening of the supply routes, which would pay the cost incurred by Pakistan on operations in support of the war on terror in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan government has lately changed its stance on drone attacks.

Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam on Friday said that the issue of drones would not overshadow the country's foreign relations with the United States.

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First Published: Dec 28 2013 | 3:05 PM IST

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