Increasing trend of homicidal drone attacks in Pakistan

ABSTRACT

To study the increasing trend of Homicidal Attacks in Pakistan. Retrospective study. This study was carried out at 1. Benazir Civil Hospital Rawalpindi, 2. Forensic Medicine Deptt. General Hospital PGMI Lahore, 3. Civil Hospital Sialkot, 4. DHQ Benazir Hospital Abbottabad 5. DHQ Hospital Gujrat from 01.01.2012 to 31.05.2013. The data of Homicidal drone attacks and mortality was collected from news papers, internet and medical journals of Forensic Medicine. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates the following cumulative statistics about US drone strikes [As of March 2013]. Total strikes 366. Total reported killed 2,537 - 3,581. Civilians reported killed 2000 - 3000. Children reported killed 368 - 997. Total reported injured 1,174-1,465 . Strikes under the Bush Administration 52. Strikes under the Obama Administration 314. The trend of Homicidal drone attack was increased in Pakistan in President Pervaiz Musharaf time in favour of Americans by giving our National Airports. The people of Waziristan are also responsible for these attacks as they give information about Taliban to their centers by giving signals in a cost of dollars