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Did it occur to you guys that French FMS of such sensitive and advanced technology might put US under pressure to offer the Apache? We've asked them before and might be playing with the French offer to get the deal done. :coffee:

Four sofar...:coffee:

Btw, South Korea's largest private carrier, Asiana had to change the brandname for almost same reason. It was launched as "Air Seoul"...now try to say that with Korean accent. ;) :rofl:

Lol...good one. :tup:

Asia’s hour? By Jamie F Metzl Despite the growing promise of a multi-polar world with Asian powers playing a greater role in addressing global challenges and sharing leadership with a weary US, that world does not yet exist As Asia emerges from the global economic crisis faster than...

Hydro-politics in Asia By Saleem H Ali Because of its importance as a water source for the most populous parts of the world, the Himalayan and Tibetan region will be the bellwether for any progress that can be made on this vital resource issue During a recent visit to the Netherlands, I...

Pak army deployed on Afghan border ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army deployed some of its troops along the Pak-Afghan border to an area opposite Afghanistan’s Helmand province, an Afghan Taliban stronghold where the United States launched a major offensive on Thursday. The deployment aims to block...

Cost of war on terror estimated at $10bn in 2008-09 ISLAMABAD: The direct and indirect costs of the war against terror borne by Pakistan in fiscal year 2008-09 are estimated at $10 billion, the Planning Commission’s Panel of Economists Chairman Hafiz Pasha said on Thursday. Talking to...

Tax collection target may be missed, final figures by weekend ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue is far behind thrice-revised tax collection target of Rs 1.179 trillion for the last fiscal year 2008-09 ended on June 30, 2009. Federal Board of revenue (FBR) has reported on Thursday that...

Construction of first palm oil mill in Pakistan begins Friday, July 03, 2009 THATTA: Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Mohammad Gondal on Thursday performed the ground breaking and foundation stone laying ceremony of the first palm oil mill in Pakistan. The palm oil...

KSE jumps 228 points on local foreign institutional buying Friday, July 03, 2009 KARACHI: The significant foreign and local institutional buying placed the Karachi bourse very close to 7,500 points level on Thursday. Just before the closure of the day session, market once briefly...

Cotton output may increase in Pak, US, India: report Friday, July 03, 2009 LAHORE: Cotton production is expected to increase in the three largest producing countries after China that is India, United States and Pakistan. However, significant production declines are expected in...

Pak, China agree on services for exports under FTA Friday, July 03, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China has agreed to include eleven sectors from services under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to evolve a transparent and predictable service regime for attracting FDI from China, reveals an...

Its partly true but the leather market is not totally lost yet. Benelux, Germany and France are still flooded with Pakistani leather products. Faisalabad btw is the center of leather industry, not Sialkot. :coffee:

My first choice is a Pakistani product if available in the stores and I've been doing this ever since I left Pakistan. :pakistan:

Threads merged again.

Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War WASHINGTON – Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over. On next week's...

RAW’s Sponsored Taliban Suicidal Blasts Wednesday July 01, 2009 During last few days numbers of foreign sponsored terrorists have been apprehended by intelligence agencies and police in the campaign against militancy. On 26th June, 2009 two terrorists including a female have fled away once...

Pakistan Gets $500 Million Loan From Asian Development Bank Central Bank KARACHI -(Dow Jones)- Pakistan Thursday received a $500 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to help with macroeconomic stability and fund a targeted safety net for the poor, a central bank spokesman said...

Pakistan's forex reserves rise to $11.84 bln Reuters - Friday, July 3 KARACHI, July 2 - Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves rose by $70 million to $11.84 billion in the week that ended on June 27, compared with $11.77 billion the previous week, a central bank spokesman said on Thursday...