Security Body Wants Tangible Action Against Drone Attacks, Daily Times, 23 December 2009
EXCERPT: "Parliament’s Special Committee on National Security on Tuesday urged the government to go beyond verbal protests and play its role in stopping US drone attacks on Pakistani soil. The in-camera committee meeting, which was chaired by Senator Raza Rabbani, was briefed by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the new US policy on Afghanistan. Sources privy to the meeting told Daily Times that there was a consensus among party members over halting US drone attacks in the country. They said although the foreign minister informed the committee that the government was raising the drone attack issue at every forum, committee members asked the foreign minister to proceed beyond mere statements and take concrete steps to resolve the issue. Apprehensions: The sources said opposition lawmakers also expressed apprehensions over the new US Afghan policy. 'They were of the opinion that Pakistan should be given more importance in the new policy,' they said."
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