Tackling US adventurism

THE protest lodged with US Ambassador Anne Patterson, who was summoned to the Foreign Office on Wednesday, indicates that the government is serious about implementing a new policy in the light of a consensus resolution passed on October 27, which, among other things, clearly stated that US drone attacks on Pakistani territory would no longer be tolerated. Hopefully, the envoy, who was handed over a copy of the resolution, would understand that there is now an elected government in power, which is bound to act upon the advice of Parliament. The Foreign Secretary was indeed right in terming these attacks, including the recent one that killed over 20, a violation of our sovereignty aimed at undermining the government's efforts to wipe out the scourge of militancy from the country.