Chengdu J-10 in Paf colors. In late-February 2006, the President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, toured the J-10 and JF-17 production facilities during which the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was offered the J-10,[18] and the purchase of 36 J-10s was approved on 12 April 2006. The J-10s would be modified to Pakistani requirements, and would equip [...]

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Russian Sukhoi Su-34 Strike Fighter Bomber Russian Sukhoi Su-34 Strike Fighter Bomber Russia’s defence ministry signed a deal for 92 Sukhoi Su-34 strike aircraft on 1 March, marking the biggest deal for a single aircraft type for the nation’s air force in more than 20 years. To cover deliveries until 2020, the deal was signed [...]

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Pakistan suggests creation of a single military block of Islamic states. At today’s press conference in Baku vice speaker of the Senate of Pakistan Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali Pakistan has informed that Pakistan proposes creation of the block. “International organizations approach to conflicts in the Muslim world with double standards, although reaction comes immediately [...]

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The recent RFP for National level URL Filtering and Blocking System was much criticised by different sector of civil society for being infringement of basic rights of citizens of Pakistan. In this regard, Bolo Bhi - an organization with focus on advocacy, policy and research, had requested CEOs of companies to commit of not selling or bidding to the [...]

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As Reported by The Economic Times The reported move by the Pakistan government to phase out major restrictions on trade with India by switching to the negative list, and doing away with that too by the end of the year, is wholly welcome. Normalising trade relations with India will help establish a template of wider [...]

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By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Millions of suffering Pakistanis voted for them believing that they will not fail Pakistanis after nine years military regime; they will bring the desired changes. They must not fail! However, They have stolen much of our collective wealth and left us with little to fight our massive poverty. They have not [...]

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ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Pakistan could face damaging consequences if it goes ahead with the proposed Iran-Pakistan pipeline project.  ”We have been very clear in pointing out the consequences of building this pipeline,” Clinton said while addressing the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations in Washington. Clinton’s remarks came [...]

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By S Farwa Zahra: After much media attention, US secretary Hilary Clinton and Pakistan’s foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar finally had a “dialogue” in London over Pak-US relations. From news reports, it seems that Ms. Clinton really had a lot to say, but what was our foreign minister doing the whole time? What is striking about [...]

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One thing worth noting about the PTI and its campaigning is the extent to which they’ve adopted gung-ho and fiery rhetoric. This is not just with regard to its characterizations of other parties and personalities, all of whom are some combination of corrupt, venal, self-serving, pusillanimous, and scum. This is also with regard to its [...]

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For all of the discouraging news coming out of South Asia – Afghanistan’s escalating turmoil, the breakdown in U.S.-Pakistani relations, and growing political instability in Islamabad – there is one heartening development: India and Pakistan have restarted their peace dialogue following a three-year hiatus caused by the 2008 terrorist strikes in Mumbai. As a leading [...]

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By George Packer for The New Yorker President Kennedy’s 1960 speech on religious freedom makes Rick Santorum “throw up.” “What kind of country do we live in that says only people of nonfaith can come into the public square and make their case?” Santorum says. It’s a central part of his campaign strategy to distort [...]

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 Israeli submarine Dolphin One of the world’s most advanced German manufactured submarines is slated to be sent to Israel this year. German media reported last week that the 68-meter Dolphin submarine, the largest post-World War II submarine to be built in the Federal Republic, was openly placed in the harbor of the northern city of [...]

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By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Accoding to John Adams: “Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy; such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mold itself into a system [...]

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“What causes hesitation is the fact that, after all, Mr Wittgenstein manages to say a good deal about what cannot be said, thus suggesting to the sceptical reader that possibly there may be some loophole through a hierarchy of languages, or by some other exit. The whole subject of ethics, for example, is placed by [...]

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