Islamabad: Pakistan today said it has not authorised the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan to conduct strikes against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in the restive tribal belt, dismissing reported comments attributed to President Asif Ali Zardari in this regard.
"We have a very clear policy the government of Pakistan has not given permission for attacks inside Pakistan's territory," Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammed Sadiq told reporters here.
He denied comments attributed to President Zardari during his interview to a US newspaper about permitting such raids.
Sadiq said there was no agreement between Pakistan and coalition forces for joint patrolling or carrying out attacks within Pakistani territory.
"President Zardari never said that Pakistan has agreed to any attacks by the US drones," he said.
The spokesman's comments came a day after a US drone fired two missiles at a suspected Taliban hideout in North Waziristan tribal agency, killing nine persons, including several foreign militants.
Since September, there have been a series of missile strikes in Pakistan's tribal region, which the US considers a safe haven for Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters
