ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Committee for Law and Justice has declared the leasing of Shamsi Airbase by former President Pervez Musharraf as unconstitutional and sought advice from the Ministries of Law and Defence on a bill for getting Parliaments approval within 30 days of all defence ...

WASHINGTON - The CIA suspended its long-standing use of Pakistans Shamsi airbase three months ago, a leading US newspaper reported Saturday amid controversy over the status of the site from where armed drones targeted members of Al-Qaeda and other militant groups. Citing US and Pakistan officials, ...

ISLAMABAD (- Pakistan told the United States to leave a remote desert airbase used as a hub for covert CIA drone attacks, Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar said Wednesday. His remarks are the latest indication of Pakistan attempting to limit US activities since a clandestine American military raid ...

From a secret division at its North Carolina headquarters, the company formerly known as Blackwater has assumed a role in Washingtons most important counterterrorism program: the use of remotely piloted drones to kill Al Qaedas leaders, according to government officials and current and former ...