Friday’s attack was the first known U.S. drone strike in Pakistan since NATO resumed supply routes there last week. Over the weekend, thousands of people began a march from Lahore to Islamabad calling for the supply routes to be shut down again.
Samiul Haq: “The government has insulted parliament and the entire nation by re-opening the NATO supply. They have once again surrendered the country to the Americans, like the military dictator General Pervez Musharraf had done before them.”
The supply routes resumed after the United States apologized for the November air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops. A recent poll shows anti-U.S. government sentiment has grown in Pakistan. According to the Pew Research Center, 74 percent of Pakistanis consider the United States to be an enemy, up 5 percent from a year ago.