Government authorities respond over media reports of drone strike in Pakistani territory

Government authorities respond over media reports of drone strike in Pakistani territory

SHAWAL:

Provincial Government authorities have responded over media reports ofdrone strike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Government Authorities in North Waziristan rejected reports of a droneattack in the region causing casualties.

Deputy Commissioner North Waziristan Shahid Ali Khan and districtadministration denied any such reports that suggested seven people had diedin an attack by the unmanned aircraft in Shawal area of theKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s tribal district bordering Afghanistan.

They noted that the stories were being concocted through different socialmedia platforms, but there was no substance in them.