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US Pakistan F-16 deal and the rut of history
By Adnan Yousaf US-Pakistan F-16 deal expired when United States refused to hand over eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan at the subsidised rate of $270 million and asked Pakistan to make the full payment for the aircraft from its national resources. Though Pakistan was in dire need of these aircraft for counter-terrorism operations, it chose not to pay $699 million for the aircraft which were previously financed through the US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programme partially. And US, despite of knowing Pakistan’s need for these jets in the ongoing warRead More
Pak Army will always come up to expectations of nation: COAS
RAWALPINDI, 02 (DNA) – A day-long Formation Commanders’ Conference, presided over by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, was held at General Headquarters on Thursday. The conference was attended by Corps Commanders, Principal Staff Officers and all Formation Commanders, an ISPR news release said. The participants were given comprehensive briefing on prevailing internal and external security situation of the country. They also held exhaustive discussion on professional matters. The COAS in his address while underscoring multiple and complicated challenges faced by Pakistan, expressed his optimism saying that PakistaniRead More
India arrests 11 Pakistani fishermen
AHMEDABAD, 06 FEB (DNA) – Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Saturday intercepted a Pakistani fishing boat and arrested 11 fishermen for allegedly violating Indian maritime boundary off Jakhau coast in Kutch district. “A fishing boat from Pakistan measuring 40 feet in length was intercepted by Indian Coast Guard off Jakhau coast, five nautical miles into Indian waters,” Captain Abhishek Matiman, a defence spokesperson told the Press Trust of India. “Eleven fishermen onboard the fishing boat have also been held,” he said. Such arrests are frequently carried out by both countries,Read More
Analysis: Modi’s Lahore visit: much ado about nothing
Analysis: Ansar Mahmood Bhatti LAHORE: Indian premier Narendra Modi landed at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport on Dec 25 on a “surprise” visit, where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif were present to receive him.This is the first time an Indian premier has visited Pakistan in more than a decade. Television footage showed Modi exit his jet and embrace PM Nawaz, after which the two heads flew in a helicopter to Nawaz Sharif’s private residence in Raiwind. The Modi visit is likely to provide the Indian primeRead More
Leave India if you can’t help eating beef: BJP minister
NEW DELHI: Advocating a ban on cow slaughter, Indian Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that all those who wanted to eat beef could go to Pakistan. “It is not about loss or profit. It is an issue of faith and belief. It is a sensitive matter for the Hindus,” said the minister, adding that even a number of Indian Muslims were against the slaughtering of cows. “Those who are dying without eating beef can go to Pakistan or Arab countries or any other part of worldRead More
Raped Indian nurse dies after 42 years in coma
MUMBAI: A Mumbai nurse who was in a coma for 42 years after being sexually assaulted while working in a hospital has died, authorities have said. Aruna Shanbaug suffered severe brain damage and was in a vegetative state after she was raped and strangled with a metal chain by a hospital worker in 1973. The man, a ward attendant, left her to die in the hospital’s basement, where she was found 11 hours later. She was 25-years-old at the time. Shanbaug was diagnosed with pneumonia last week and had beenRead More