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April 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda He expressed his concerns over US drone strikes on Friday during a meeting with US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman, who is in Pakistan to hold talks on strengthening relations between the two countries.
Zardari said that Islamabad has always maintained that US drone attacks inside Pakistan are “useless” and “counter-productive” in the war against militants since they inflame public sentiment due to the civilian casualties they cause.
He added that Washington and Islamabad should consider outlining a framework for a mutually acceptable alternative to the drone strikes.
On April 12, Pakistan’s parliament unanimously approved new guidelines for ties with the US. The guidelines demand an end to US assassination drone strikes on Pakistani territory.
In 2008, the Pakistani parliament also passed a resolution demanding that the US stop the drone strikes but the CIA continued to conduct the attacks in the country’s tribal belt.
The US regularly uses unmanned aircraft for attacks on Pakistan’s tribal regions, claiming the airstrikes target al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, but locals say civilians are the main victims of the assaults.
The aerial attacks were initiated by former US President George W. Bush but have been escalated under President Barack Obama.
The US resumed its drone operations in Pakistan in January 2012 after it halted the strikes in November 2011.
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