On Saturday Pakistan security forces took control of the airbase called the Shamsi which is near the southwest. The airbase Shamsi is one of the strategically importance airbase which has been taken in-charge by Pakistan. At present the US military personnel has been vacated the facility in line which was being demanded by Pakistan government. Pakistan government had asked the US military to vacate the Shamsi airbase which is in the Balochistan province.
There was a cross border NATO attack which happened between two border posts hence the shamsi was asked to be vacated. US has been using the Shamsi airbase from the year 2001 for having the military operations in Afghanistan. The operations by US military were using the airbase drone strikes in Pakistan tribal belt. As per as the details given by American and Pakistani media reports due to the NATO attack in Pakistan the airbase was asked to vacate.
Last week during the interview Prime minster Yousuf Raza Gilani had stated about the vacating about the airbase by December 11. The troops from the frontier corps took in charge of the shamsi airbase after the US personnel left the airfield. Just one of the transport US plane was being parked at the airbase was remaining to get transferred. Many of the officials had arrived at the airbase to take full in charge of the shamsi base while the Americans left the place.