Written by Agencies | London |
July 21, 2012 3:48:24 pm
July 21, 2012 3:48:24 pm
American drone strikes targeting al-Qaeda and Taliban elements in Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt are insane and immoral,says Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.
Khan,leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party,told a newspaper daily that he would also like Britain to clarify its policy on drones.
He urged the public to engage in a debate on what he claimed was a form of extra-judicial killing that continues unchallenged despite outrage by human rights groups and the people who live in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas that stretch along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.
He said: Of drones I think two words,it’s immoral and it’s insane. Immoral because you cannot justify eliminating suspects,and insane because it’s counterproductive.
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All it does is it turns more people against the US,hatred grows and the beneficiaries of this insanity are the militants.
Khan added: This is a war crime and they never give the names of the people killed. It is too criminal to justify these acts,which are a violation of all humanitarian laws.
- The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards.
First published on: 21-07-2012 at 03:48:24 pm
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