Speaking with the media after attending President Mamnoon Hussain’s address to a joint session of Parliament, Sharif said: “US drone strikes in Pakistani territory are regrettable and must stop.”
Sharif’s comments on the drone strikes comes in the backdrop of US drone strike in Balochistan on May 21 that killed Mansour. Hailing Mansour’s death as an “important milestone” in efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama has said that American forces would continue to go after threats on Pakistani soil.
“We have removed the leader of an organisation that has continued to plot against and unleash attacks on American and Coalition forces. We will work on shared objectives with Pakistan, where terrorists that threaten all our nations must be denied safe haven,” Obama has said, confirming Mansour’s death.