(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Ignoring a travel warning issued by the U.S. State Department for Pakistan, a 30-member U.S. civil society delegation has reached Islamabad to participate in the rally organised by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on October 7 to protest against drone strikes.
PTI chief Imran Khan said the delegation, which includes civil society members and parents of U.S. Army soldiers, would march with the PTI to South Waziristan, reports The Nation.
Anne Wright, a former U.S. Army colonel and former U.S. ambassador, will lead the delegation. Wright had resigned from the Army when U.S. started its war against Iraq in 2003. She is now an anti-war activist and a member of the U.S. civil society organisation working for peace in the world.
"We came from U.S. for this historic march against drone attacks. We also went the places in U.S. from where the drones are operated and we registered our protest. We are also protesting U.S. war policies and we are telling you that American people are also against these attacks," she said.
Wright said U.S. is violating the sovereignty of Pakistan by carrying out drone strikes.
"We believe that travel warning is issued because the U.S. government does not want us to see what they are doing. We believe the President of the US is killing innocent people in Pakistan, that is wrong," Wright said.
She said the U.S. Federal court has recently asked CIA to inform about drone programme in Pakistan but they simply refused to tell anything.
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