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Pakistan lodges drone protest with US ambassador Olson
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday summoned US ambassador to Islamabad, Richard Olson and lodged its protest over the US drone strike that killed Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, Geo News reported.
According to Foreign Office spokesman, Pakistan handed over to Richard Olson a letter protesting against the recent US drone attack that took out Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and his aides.
Hakimullah Mehsud, the high profile TTP leader, and his aides were killed in a US drone strike at a time when Pakistan government appeared poised to begin the process of peace talks with the militants for which a political consensus had been evolved in the country at an All Parties Conference (APC).
Courtesy www.geo.tv