New Delhi: A provincial Assembly in Pakistan on Monday passed a unanimous resolution demanding the expulsion of the US Ambassador in the country, in a sign of mounting anti-US sentiment, a week after the deadly American air strike in the country's tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
The US Ambassador should be expelled from Pakistan, say angry members of the North West frontier provincial Assembly.
At the UN in New York Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said there was no proof that any al-Qaeda figures were killed in the airstrike.
The lawmakers in Peshawar unanimously passed a resolution calling for US Ambassador Ryan Crocker to be expelled.
They also condemned the attack and demanded an apology from the US for the January 13 attack on three homes in Damadola, which according to the Pakistani and US officials were targeted at an al-Qaeda gathering.
However, the resolution is unlikely to move the federal government to accept such demand, as the Pakistan is an ally of the US in the war against terrorism.
"Thirteen people apparently civilians have died and we are still investigating. There is no evidence as of now of any other people. The area does see movement from across the border, but we have not found any shred of evidence," Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said.
Aziz's statement comes as a contradiction after Pakistani intelligence sources claims last week that the US air strike last week was aimed at an al-Qaeda bomb expert and a son-in-law of al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri.
Comments
0 comment