09.06.2014 - 06:58 [ JURIST ]

Pakistan court orders arrest of former CIA official over drone strike

The Islamabad High Court on Thursday ordered the arrest of former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] official Jonathan Banks for his involvement in a 2009 drone strike that killed civilians. Kareem Khan, whose brother and son were killed in the drone strike in Waziristan, had petitioned the court [Al Jazeera report] to charge Banks with murder.