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Defense Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said drone attacks are being carried out from Afghanistan. Pakistani land is not being used for drone attacks. The matter of drone attack has been handed over to the Standing Committee of Senate.During the question-answer session he said that he is uncertain about the method through which the Pakistani armed force officers would be checked at the US air base.Dr Khalid Muhammad has dismissed the statement of the defense minister saying that US flights are still landing at Shahbaz Air Base in Jacobabad.Deputy chairman Jan Muhammad Jammali has handed over the drone issue to the Senate, while PML-Q has demanded for in-camera session of the Parliament on drone issue. Interior Minister Rehman Malik informed that at least 232 suicide blasts took place during 2001-2009 which killed 1,924 civilians and 609 military persons.
