RAWALPINDI: Presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi on Tuesday, terming some of the news reports as baseless and concocted, said that no permission was granted for setting up a CIA base inside FATA for missile strikes by drones on militants. Talking to reporters, Rashid Qureshi said that a recent book of Ahmed Rashid reveals that President Pervez Musharraf allowed a secret CIA base inside FATA in January this year to plan missile strikes by drones in militants. He categorically said that these were unsubstantiated rumours, stressing that President Musharraf never allowed a secret CIA base inside FATA.
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UAVs hover across Waziristan: There have been flights of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over different areas of North Waziristan. These areas include Danda, Miranshah, Razmak and their adjoining areas. These UAVs made close to the ground flights in the above areas, sources said. A wave of fear gripped the areas after the said flights.