Musharraf approved surveillance flights by US drones:
22 Oct, 2010 2304hrs IST PTI Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday for the first time said that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf approved the controversial surveillance flights by US drones which later started targeting terrorists in the country's lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
The US military plans to deploy a new intelligence drone in Afghanistan, which military experts say will allow US troops to monitor much larger operational theaters than before, The Washington Post reported Jan. 2.