In case you din notice.. most of our motorways don't have light poles anyway.. and generally most roads in Pakistan are unlit.. although I doubt if more than the two stretches of motorway are safe for cars.. let alone aircraft
a bit more off topic rant...
Lets just put it this way, hypothetically.. if the United states had beef with Pakistan's current leadership.. it would simply pull a few strings here and there and create a regime change.. and you would support it wholeheartedly.
The United states needs Pakistan... we need them.. simple.. right now.. and for some time.. during that time.. its better to make the best of a relationship than excrete conspiracy theories and confrontational scenario's.
A suspicious view of each other isnt an alliance..
Those who argue that we are better off not being allies.. well boys and girls.. wake up and smell the coffee, right now.. its because you are allies that a large US force is helping you with the flood relief effort... otherwise they'd have to be damned stupid to help the very people from which 98% of their current threats emerge..
Last I checked the Haitians dont burn US flags.. or blow themselves up killing their own countrymen more than anybody else..all the while crying "Allah O Akbar.. Death To AMERiCAAA!" and expecting to see about 70 or so virgins giving them their first taste of the opposite ***.
Any Success you had in '65, was because of American training and tactical instruction.. which you evolved to meet your needs.. before that the PAF was a flying club of showoffs with a plane crashing every other day...
I dont encourage *** kissing.. but that is how your leadership has played with the United states from the start..
we kiss *** and give exceedingly high expectations.. then we piss in their hands and cry foul.. and blame it all on them.. the Americans have had their fair share of mistakes when dealing with us.. But we havent exactly been the faithful bunch to them either when it came to what our leadership promised in return for American assistance.
Now.. bringing that bad blood in almost everything you do which involves America is really shortsighted. If there is something to be gained.. and it helps you..and carries no strings.. and there are people willingly giving it..
best one take it instead of bitching about how 10 years ago you felt you were screwed by that somebody.