ISLAMABAD: Rick Waters, the Political Counselor at the US Embassy in Islamabad held a meeting with senior Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi during which issues related to PTI-led protests against drone strikes and blockade of Nato supplies were discussed, DawnNews reported.

Topic discussed during the meeting, which was held at the Parliament Lodges in the federal capital city, included the overall political issues of the country, PTI protests against drone strikes in Pakistan and the blockade of Nato supplies via Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Moreover, the PTI-led protests, blocking Nato supplies through KP, against US drone strikes on Pakistani territory entered its sixth day.

All containers passing through Peshawar's Ring Road were undergoing searches by activists of the PTI and its allies in the coalition government of KP. Moreover the activists were also accompanied by the parliamentarians belonging to the parties demonstrating against the drone attacks.

The protesters shouted anti-drone slogans.

So far, 11 Nato trucks have been returned whereas the rest of the trucks were allowed to continue their travel after verification of documents and cargo.

The political administration had made strict security measures on the occasion.

The protest began two days after a rare US drone strike was conducted outside of Pakistan’s remote tribal region killing six people, including senior commanders of the Haqqani network, at a seminary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district.

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