PTI wants US, CIA nominated in Hangu drone strike FIR

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has requested the Inspector General Police (IGP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to nominate the US and CIA in the Hangu drone strike FIR.

PTI’s Central Legal Secretary, Barrister Suleman Afridi submitted the written request to IGP Khyber Pakhutunkhwa which cited the statement of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, a news story regarding the US drone strike in the Washington Post and decisions of the Peshawar High Court.

IGP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Nasir Durrani has instructed to officers to conduct an inquiry about nomination of foreign countries and institutions in FIRs.

Earlier, an FIR had been lodged against unknown persons in the concerned police station.

On November 21, at least six people were killed in a US drone attack in the Hangu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - the first in the province.