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US, Pakistan air forces conduct air refueling information exchange

ISLAMABAD:Pilots and aircrews from the U.S. and Pakistan air forces participated in a joint aerial refueling information exchange as part of an on-going effort to enhance cooperation and develop the air refueling capabilities of both nations in early March at Pakistan air force base Chaklala.
Pilots and aircrews from the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron arrived [...]

March 10, 2010 Defence 0 Comments

Top Pakistan Navy delegation visits Alba

A TWENTY-member delegation of senior officers from the Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore, visited Alba yesterday.
The role in strengthening commercial ties with industrial units in Pakistan and enlarging the scope of economic co-operation between the two countries were discussed.
The delegation is from the 39th Pakistan Navy Staff Course, led by Rear Admiral Sayed Bashir Ahmad.
It [...]

March 9, 2010 Defence 0 Comments

EDLs up by $9.5bn to hit 1/3 of GDP

ISLAMABAD: Rising $9.512 billion in last one-and-a-half-year Pakistan’s outstanding external debts and liabilities have reached to almost one-third of the country’s GDP.
At end of December 2009, country’s total EDLs stood at unprecedented $55.675 billion or 32 percent of GDP, while in June 2008 these stood at 46.16 billion dollars (27.6 percent of GDP), the State [...]

March 8, 2010 Business 0 Comments

Hafiz Saeed verdict: Pakistan tells India not to interfere

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday told India to refrain from commenting on court decisions and questioning its sincerity about action against terrorist outfits.
‘Polemics and unfounded insinuations cannot advance the cause of justice in civilized societies. Legal processes cannot and must not be interfered with,’ said Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit while commenting on Indian External Affairs [...]

June 2, 2009 National 0 Comments

Tribesmen forming militias to expel Taliban: Army

KHWAZAKHELA: Tribesmen near the Swat valley are raising militias to prevent the Taliban from expanding their influence in the region, a senior military commander said on Friday.
Major-General Sajjad Ghani, who is leading the offensive in the upper part of Swat valley, said people in neighbouring Kalam valley and Lower Dir district were raising their own [...]

May 22, 2009 Defence 0 Comments

Pakistan in victory over Taliban in border area: commander

KHAR, Pakistan: Pakistan said on Saturday it had forced Taliban militants out of a key battleground in the global fight against extremism and boasted of major gains in another region bordering Afghanistan.
The six-month battle with Islamist insurgents in the remote Bajaur district is seen as pivotal to the country’s fight against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, [...]

March 2, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

Intelligence agency of Pakistan pivotal in war on terror

Contrary to the widespread theory, the Inter-Services Intelligence agency is a disciplined and professional organization that is playing a pivotal role in the global war on terrorism.
This organization has been crucial in bringing regional stability. Its contribution in the 1980s against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan could not be denied, and it operated cooperatively with [...]

February 17, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

US envoy conducts policy review in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan was to meet key leaders here Tuesday as part of a major US policy review aimed at turning around the war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in south Asia.
Richard Holbrooke, considered the architect of peace in Bosnia, was due to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister [...]

February 10, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

An Open Letter to President Barack Obama

To the Honourable Mr President,
President Barack Hussein Obama.
We wish you are in the best of health and high-spirits.
Mr. President, we are writing to you as a group of concerned American, foreign, and Pakistani students who would like to bring your attention to the world’s longest-standing flashpoint. It is our belief that a watershed has been [...]

February 5, 2009 News, World 0 Comments

Zardari given briefing on JF-17 Thunder project

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari was given a briefing on JF-17 Thunder project in a meeting held at Presidency on Wednesday. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Federal Defence Minister Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar, Finance Advisor Shaukat Tareen, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed and senior officials of ministries were present in [...]

January 14, 2009 Defence 0 Comments

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