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Pakistan has once again summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to lodge a formal protest over drone attacks inside the country's tribal areas. According to an official statement, a senior U.S. diplomat, who was not identified, was called to the foreign ministry to convey Pakistan 's concerns over the CIA-piloted drone campaign, reports The Express Tribune. "The diplomat was informed that drone strikes were unlawful, against international law and a violation of Pakistan 's sovereignty. It was emphatically stated that such attacks were unacceptable," the statement read. The CIA has increasingly targeted North Waziristan, which the U.S. claims is a hub of the Afghan insurgent group, the Haqqani Network. There have been drone strikes reported on a daily basis for the last week. This is not the first time that Pakistan has condemned and lodged a formal protest with the U.S. over the deadly drone strikes. Last month, the senior-most U.S. diplomat in Pakistan , Richard Hoagland, was summoned in a similar manner to protest against a series of drone strikes. The protest, however, seems to have had no effect. The U.S. has been pushing Pakistan for years to carry out a military offensive in the area against the Haqqanis, who have launched some of the most deadly attacks on the U.S.-led foreign forces in Afghanistan . Despite Islamabad 's repeated protests, the Obama administration is not willing to halt the CIA drone campaign in the tribal areas.

Pak summons US envoy, to protest over fresh drone strike