The civil and military leadership of Pakistan on Friday demanded US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stop drone attacks in Pakistan.
Hillary and President Asif Ali Zardari held one-on-one meeting on Friday in which the president tried to convince the visiting US official that drone strikes were adversely affecting the war on terror.
He repeated his demanded for transfer of drone technology to Pakistan. Both leaders discussed various issues, including the situation emerged after the US operation in Abbottabad, bilateral relations and Pak-US cooperation in war on terror.
Zardari said that the people and the army of Pakistan offered great sacrifices in war on terror and that Pakistan extended maximum cooperation to the United States in this war.
Later, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani also joined the talks.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, ISI Director General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter and Admiral Mike Mullen were also present in the meeting.
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