From Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, May 15 (PTI) A Pakistani airbase long suspected of being the site from which US drones are launched is under the control of the UAE, according to information that emerged during an in-camera briefing of parliament on the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
Numerous reports have said that US drones are based at the Shamsi airbase in Balochistan province.
During Friday's joint session of both the Houses of parliament to discuss the killing of bin Laden, Pakistan Air Force officials reportedly said that the base was controlled by the UAE.
The UAE funded and constructed the Shamsi airbase, deputy air chief Air Marshal Muhammad Hassan told lawmakers in response to questions, media reports said yesterday.
Since the 1990s, the airbase has been under the control of the UAE, which handed it over to the US.