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		<title>Pakistan to produce the last F-22P Frigate indigenously</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20091210/pakistan-to-produce-the-last-f-22p-frigate-on-its-own/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owais</dc:creator>
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The keel laying ceremony of the F-22 P Frigate was held at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) here on Thursday. Federal Minister for Defence Production, Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi, was the chief guest. Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir, was also present on the occasion.
It was pointed out that Pakistan Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan receives first AWACS aircraft</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20091210/pakistan-receives-first-awacs-aircraft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defence.pk/20091210/pakistan-receives-first-awacs-aircraft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owais</dc:creator>
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Pakistan Air Force has inducted the first of the four Saab-2000 Erieye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWAC) aircraft in its fleet.
With this acquisition from Sweden, Pakistan on Tuesday became the second country in the region after India to have inducted the sophisticated surveillance aircraft in its air force.
The aircraft is fitted with the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mullen raises Balochistan issue with India</title>
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		<comments>http://www.defence.pk/20091210/mullen-raises-balochistan-issue-with-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owais</dc:creator>
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US Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said he has raised the issue of interference into Balochistan with the Indian leadership. Talking to a private TV channel, Mullen said he talked to his Indian counterparts, both former and current, and the Indian political leadership about Pakistan’s reservations. 
He said he had also [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kayani says the aim is to attack the terrorists</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20091020/kayani-says-the-aim-is-to-attack-the-terrorists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defence.pk/20091020/kayani-says-the-aim-is-to-attack-the-terrorists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owais</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rah-e-Nijat]]></category>
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General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani clarified on Monday that the objective of the operation in South Waziristan is not to target peace and country loving people of Mehsud tribes, instead the aim is to eliminate Uzbek, local and foreign terrorists.

In a message addressed to Mehsud tribes, the COAS said he admits that the tribes in question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lockheed unveils the PAF&#8217;s first F-16D Block 52 aircraft</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20091013/lockheed-unveils-the-pafs-first-f-16d-block-52-aircraft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defence.pk/20091013/lockheed-unveils-the-pafs-first-f-16d-block-52-aircraft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin unveiled the first of 18 new F-16s being produced for Pakistan in ceremonies today at its Fort Worth, Texas, facility. 
Officials including the Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. and Pakistan Air Forces were on hand to witness the event.
Air Chief Marshal Rao Quamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another set of ‘reports’ from the Indian media exposed</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20091013/another-set-of-%e2%80%98reports%e2%80%99-from-the-indian-media-exposed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owais</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supposedly professional Indian news outfits like the Times of India, Hindustan Times and India Today have recently been publishing dramatic reports about the Pakistani ex-president Pervez Musharraf ‘admitting’ to having deceived the US and ‘unlawfully diverted’ American aid and equipment. An interview the ex-president gave to a Pakistani news channel is vaguely attributed to as source of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Welcome to the BLOG!</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20091013/welcome-to-the-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defence.pk/20091013/welcome-to-the-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owais</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The management team of defence.pk is delighted to announce the launching of the Defence.pk blog. We plan to update it regularly with articles, critiques of articles, research papers, commentary, videos, news and all other content related to Pakistani security.
The Think Tank will be contributing through original articles and commentary of their own. The Military Professionals [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Choosing French Submarines over German?</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20090802/choosing-french-submarines-over-german/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defence.pk/20090802/choosing-french-submarines-over-german/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defence.pk/?p=159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Choosing French Submarines over German? : Rational decision or risking Pakistani defence? 
By Farzana Shah 
A German team is due in few days probably on August 5th according to sources to look into possibility of signing the accord for provision of U-214 submarines to Pakistan Navy.
However reports appearing in the media suggest that the deal [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Darker Face of the Western Front Critics</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20090701/the-darker-face-of-the-western-front-critics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defence.pk/20090701/the-darker-face-of-the-western-front-critics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Pakistan is at war on its north-western front. This has been a reality for the past seven or so years and the people and servants of Pakistan have suffered greatly, more so in fact than in any of the wars with its arch-rival India. The reason for this is that the war is being [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Army wins key battle but a difficult battle looms on the horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.defence.pk/20090602/army-wins-key-battle-but-a-difficult-battle-looms-on-the-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defence.pk/20090602/army-wins-key-battle-but-a-difficult-battle-looms-on-the-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan Army has taken the key city of Mingora with surprising ease, as the majority of the militants have fled to the hills to live and fight another day.
The army’s military campaign which started nearly four weeks ago (and continues) is a well planned and well co-coordinated operation which has taken full advantage of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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