ISLAMABAD: The powerful ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha has warned the US that Pakistan will be "forced to respond" if it does not stop drone strikes in the country's tribal belt, according to a media report on Sunday.
Pasha, who faced tremendous criticism after the May 2 US raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, made Pakistan's stand clear during a meeting on Sunday between visiting CIA deputy director Michael Morell and senior ISI officials.
The ISI chief took a firm stance with the US on drone strikes, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted its sources as saying. "We will be forced to respond if you do not come up with a strategy that stops the drone strikes," Pasha reportedly told Morell.
Pasha also described a recent incursion by Nato helicopters into Pakistani airspace as a "shock" for defence cooperation between the US and Pakistan.
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