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June 10, 2013

Pakistan Summons U.S. Envoy After Drone Strike Kills 9 
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Pakistan has lodged a formal complaint after a U.S. drone strike that
killed nine people. A Pakistani government spokesperson said U.S. envoy
Richard Hoagland was summoned to Pakistan's foreign ministry over the
weekend.

Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry: "Given the fact that this drone strike has taken
place after the installation of the new government, the importance of
this particular protest can be gauged from the fact that the prime
minister himself gave the instruction and this was delivered at a very
high level. And we do hope that the U.S. government would see merit in
the protest that the government of Pakistan has lodged and the arguments
that we are making that this is counterproductive and violates our
sovereignty."