Hangu drone strike has placed KP residents in danger: Imran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, Imran Khan condemned the US drone strike in Hangu and said it had put the lives of residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in danger.

During a news conference here on Thursday, Imran Khan said the PTI would hold a protest against NATO supply lines and drones on Saturday. Khan urged the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to join the protest which will be held on Ring Road in Peshawar.

Imran called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to end his dual policy of telling the US one thing and the Pakistani people another.

The PTI chairman informed the media that an emergency meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet was being called in which the provincial government’s decision would be sought for the stoppage of Nato supplies.

Earlier on Thursday, six people were killed when a drone fired three missiles at a seminary in Hangu. The drone strike was the first in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Foreign Office spokesman, Aizaz Chaudrhy condemned the strike and reiterated that drone attacks were against Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.