Pakistan has offered to "enhance" its defence co-operation with Sri Lanka, raising expectations that the two South Asian countries will continue to discuss a deal for Sri Lanka to purchase a batch of Sino-Pakistani-produced JF-17 Thunder fighters.
A Pakistani government statement issued...
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plans to retire 190 fighter aircraft by 2020, according to comments attributed to an unnamed senior Pakistani defence official quoted in Pakistan's well-respected Dawn newspaper on 15 March. "We do need to retire 190 planes by 2020. And we are already looking for...
The dual-control Mi-28NE has a number of features that can combat the potential threat of hostile ground fire. Source: N Novichkov
Pakistan has shown interest in acquiring the latest dual-control variant of the Mil Mi-28NE Night Hunter ('Havoc-B') attack helicopter, a Pakistani diplomatic...
Pakistan Super League (PSL) chairman Najam Sethi on Monday invited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his political foe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan to watch the final match of the tournament on February 23 in Dubai.
“I invite Patron PCB Nawaz Sharif and WC winning captain...
Pakistan had told the US administration of the possible cancellation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s recent visit to the US to counter Washington’s intent to seriously dent Islamabad’s nuclear programme as well as its Afghan and Kashmir policies to the advantage of India.
Informed sources...
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has today told Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not to make any decisions regarding India series without his permission.
He told the PCB to abstain from deciding the series without consulting him.
According to details, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told the PCB not to...
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) plans to perform the maiden flight of a production-standard FC-31 'fifth-generation' fighter before the end of the decade, with full-operational capability to be declared a few years later, a company official said on 8 November.
Speaking at the...
It was an unlikely partnership that ended just as unexpectedly as it began – and with the same explosive controversy.
The marriage of would-be Pakistan president Imran Khan, 62, and his glamorous BBC weather girl wife Reham, 42, has disintegrated after ten months – amid furious rows over...
Turkey to provide 34 T-37 aircraft to Pakistan free of cost
Pakistan and Turkey signed a landmark defence cooperation agreement Wednesday under which Turkey will provide Pakistan with 34 ‘T-37 fighter cum training aircraft and its spare parts on a gratis basis.’
The agreement was signed...
Pakistan's armed forces claimed on 22 October to have successfully carried out the first ever night-time attack on a Taliban target using the indigenously built Burraq unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
It followed Pakistan's claim on 7 September that it carried out the first ever UAV attack on a...
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Beijing has expressed 'strong dissatisfaction' after a US Navy destroyer operated within 12 n miles of a Chinese-made artificial island in the South China Sea for the first time
The operation, which had been expected for weeks, follows a series of public disagreements between the...
CIA police picked five terrorists including founder member of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi from Dubai to Lahore on Thursday.
A police team led by CIA SP had gone to Dubai to round up the terrorists and bring them back to Pakistan. The arrested terrorists were identified as Haroon Rashid Bhatti, Ahmad...
Canadian Liberal prime minister designate Justin Trudeau has confirmed that Canada will withdraw its fighter jets from the US-led mission against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
In his first news conference following the sweeping majority Liberal victory in Canada’s federal election, the...