Drone strike in Nushki: Tariq Fatemi summons US ambassador

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ISLAMABAD: Interior Ministry spokes person Nafees Zakaria has said that Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi summoned United States Ambassador  to Pakistan David Hale and protest over the drone strike in Nushki.

Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday criticized the drone strike which the US carried out in Balochistan a earlier and said that a strong protest had been lodged with the US over the attack.

Talking to reporter after his arrival in London for a medical check-up, he described the air strike in Dalbandin area of Balochistan as a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. It was not clear that Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was among the two reportedly killed in the air strike, he added.