Politician in northwestern Pakistan have demanded expulsion of the US ambassador to Pakistan in response to a US air attack that killed 13 people.
However, the unanimous resolution by the provincial assembly is unlikely to move the federal government to accept such a demand.
The legislators also condemned another US attack on three houses in the village of Damadola near the Afghan border and demanded an apology from the United States.
Pakistani and US officials have said the attack targeted a gathering of al-Qaeda leaders, but Pakistan's prime minister disputed that account.
"If you just reflect on what happened, first, we heard that there was a dinner meeting with all the seniors," Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said in an interview that aired yesterday on CNN. "I think that's a bizarre thought, because these people don't get together for dinner in a terrain or environment like that."
"The area does see movement of people from across the border. But we have not found one body or one shred of evidence that these people were there," Mr Aziz said, adding that Washington failed to inform Pakistani officials of the airstrike in advance.
The assault killed 13 villagers, including women and children, causing widespread outrage in the Islamic nation of 150 million. It has also produced friction between Washington and Islamabad, a key US ally in the "war on terror."
AP