When was the last time a Pakistani political party helped set the world news agenda for a day? Pakistani politics seldom draws any outside attention barring occasional jokes. So this is a real change. Welcome to constructive, positive politics in a country dominated by failed, violent parties.
The PTI’s anti-drone campaign has propelled the CIA’s illegal drone attacks in Pakistan to the top of world agenda. And it certainly makes the job of the CIA and other pro-drone lobbies in the United States much more difficult as more Americans realise the blunders their military is committing in their name abroad. The expansion of global opposition to the use of drones in Pakistan is a challenge to the Pentagon and increases the chances of future legal accountability for innocent deaths.
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