<p>Drone attacks by the US in Pakistan's militancy-hit northwest tribal region "must stop" as they were violating the country's sovereignty and international laws, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Pakistan Foreign Office Saturday summoned US Charge d' Affaires Richard Hoagland to lodge a strong protest over a drone strike in North Waziristan Friday that killed at least seven people.<br /><br />"Drone attacks must stop. We have protested many a time. This is simply unacceptable," Dawn News quoted Sharif as saying at a meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.<br /><br />Westerwelle called on the prime minister along with a six-member delegation to discuss bilateral relations.<br /><br />On Saturday, US diplomat Hoagland was summoned by Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi, the foreign ministry said.<br /><br />The foreign office conveyed to the US official that Pakistan strongly condemns the drone strikes, and considers them a violation of the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.<br /><br />Pakistan has consistently maintained that the strikes were counter-productive, led to deaths of innocent civilians and have human rights and humanitarian implications, it said.</p>
<p>Drone attacks by the US in Pakistan's militancy-hit northwest tribal region "must stop" as they were violating the country's sovereignty and international laws, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Pakistan Foreign Office Saturday summoned US Charge d' Affaires Richard Hoagland to lodge a strong protest over a drone strike in North Waziristan Friday that killed at least seven people.<br /><br />"Drone attacks must stop. We have protested many a time. This is simply unacceptable," Dawn News quoted Sharif as saying at a meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.<br /><br />Westerwelle called on the prime minister along with a six-member delegation to discuss bilateral relations.<br /><br />On Saturday, US diplomat Hoagland was summoned by Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi, the foreign ministry said.<br /><br />The foreign office conveyed to the US official that Pakistan strongly condemns the drone strikes, and considers them a violation of the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.<br /><br />Pakistan has consistently maintained that the strikes were counter-productive, led to deaths of innocent civilians and have human rights and humanitarian implications, it said.</p>