Three people were killed as US drone launched a missile attack on a house in a market area of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.

Witnesses said the attack triggered a fire and the building was destroyed. The house is located in the money changers market in the Miranshah commercial district.

An intelligence official put the toll at three dead and said two people were wounded.

Pakistan wants drone strikes to stop, arguing that they are counter-productive because they kill civilians, exacerbate anti-US sentiment and violate sovereignty.