U.S. drone attacks are against the independence and sovereignty of Pakistan, Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has said.
To a question regarding the strong protest by the government on the latest drone strike, Rashid said in a Pakistan Radio programme that if the former military ruler had allowed the US government to conduct drone strikes inside the country, it was not legal, as he was not a legitimate ruler.
According to the Daily Times, he said that Pakistan will have to talk with Americans and inform them of the country's reservations on these strikes, as the people have strong sentiments against them.
He said political parties, institutions, intelligentsia and Pakistanis had become mature now, and they would focus on common issues, inclining terrorism, extremism, energy crisis, shortage of clean water, education, health and other facilities, the report added.