Pakistan to Take Control Shamsi Air Base from UAE

Pakistani Defense Minister has said that Pakistan Army will soon take the control of the Air Base which often quoted as the launching base for the Americans drones.

Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said that Pakistan has given the Shamsi Air Base to United Arab Emirates under a lease agreement in 1992.

He said that UAE has handed over operational control of the air base to the United States. US is using this airbase for launching UAV missile strikes against region in FATA.