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With all due respect, I'd disagree with your conclusion. Kayani may truly be responsible for great things within the military; you are far better placed to comment on that then myself, so I will gladly concede that point. What irks me is that while the General was doing good for the military, he...

Maybe you aren't allowed to say, but it's worth asking. Were you involved with the Red Eagles or Red Hats during your time with FTD?

That will remain the case until and unless a dedicated group or squadron is put together for the sole purpose of aerobatics. There is a significant difference between fighter pilots who are expected to abide by all regulations and guidelines for their entire careers and pilots who are paid for...

Great points Krait. But the problem remains that we can't benefit from the grass roots knowledge America and China could provide to us, at the least, we'd be unable to use it effectively. Until the broken education system isn't fixed and better funded, Pakistan isn't producing the sheer numbers...

If I understand your point correctly, then my apologies for excluding a point that, in my case, is a given. I am as close to a pro-Indian lobby from the Pakistani side as they come; peace with India is usually central to any argument I make when it comes to a prosperous future. But in this...

As true as the article is, it is just as sad. It doesn't require some fortune teller like ability to predict the end to the dangerous story we have been writing for decades. Emotional decisions, whether in regards to middle eastern nations that have not only abandoned us time and again, but are...

Eliminating a force that is fighting on the defensive is the most painfully drawn out and underrated of tasks. Unless an army is outflanked and cut off from it's supply lines and essentially engaged before it can organize (in a sort of blitzkrieg), only then can an adversary hope to eliminate a...

Isn't that the worry. The issue with reduction in aid is still the underlying fact that some form of aid will continue. If the only purpose served by aid is to prop up an unjust system, then Pakistan can make do with far less aid. The Pakistani political parties and military leaderships will...

Those attempts have not had the intended affect for reasons I, myself, struggle to understand. Billions in aid have disappeared into thin air, with little infrastructural or economic development to show for it. Time and again aid agencies have given Pakistan ultimatums and neither have we shown...

What an incredibly interesting thread, I thank you all for presenting multiple sides of the issue with a great amount detail. In the multitude of points discussed, the inherent acceptance of the Army as institution that deserves preferential treatment is interesting. The often proclaimed view...

Many of us wonder how we ended up in our current predicament with the US, considering so many nations have maintained a relatively balanced relationship with them. I think we don't need to look past how some Pakistani members react to a potential handout by other nations to understand. So many...

I think you are missing a crucial point. If Pakistan decided to attack the closest ally of the US, it would be clearly defying US policy and would as such be liable to sanctions from the get go. Whatever else Pakistan does will have only a marginal impact on the US reaction. An attack on...

It is a matter of want vs. need. The PAF urgently requires modern aircraft, but doesn't posses the funds to acquire them. Used f-16s come at a massive discount, and provide the capabilities expected of a late 4th generation platform(not necessarily as efficiently and effectively as it's newest...

The problem of inefficiency is key of course, but that is so for most third world nations (essentially why nations are ever poor in the first place). Where Pakistan compounds the problem and generally falls flat is in the generation of money; revenue generation has long been a massive disaster...

I think it comes down to nessecity. The jf-17 was, and is, sorely needed in numbers to replace the vintage aircraft we have in service today. A modern aircraft with an up to date man machine interface is not only a quantum leap in efficiency for the PAF, but it also means we won't be sending up...

That's a very interesting take; a couple of things that come to mind as the great game unfolds: While the circular proxy game the Americans have played and perfected over the years is on offer in South Asia; in India they are dealing with a very different entity. The American bureaucracy has...

Pakistan cannot do this alone. We have to involve the only other organized force in the region; the Americans can really change the game, if involved, in such operations. The Afghanis on the other hand have proved useless; between the fear generated by the Taliban and their shifting allegiances...

Censorship only creates misinformation and insecurity. We as a people are so oversensitive for this very reason. People burn and destroy property in riots over things that should make no difference to their lives. In the end, over a slight committed by someone sitting in an air conditioned room...

You are right of course. I feel, more strict restrictions and regulations, that are actually enforced through fines and prosecution, will make it even costlier to not abide by those rules. At the same time, I am not asking for a high tech sprinkler system, but even the basics would be a great...

So many people die in all of South Asia from easily preventable causes that it makes one question the mindset and sanity of those in charge. Preventing over 300 deaths in a fire is not some impossible logistical nightmare. If even the basics of fire safety were present, we would have not had...