Usman Ansari
Monday, June 14, 2010
Apparently, so the story goes, Pakistan is looking at purchasing a number of small coastal submarines from the French in order to patrol the shallow coastal waters found in and around its EEZ. The submarine in question is the French DCNS Andrasta...
Hi,
Came across an excellent documentary about Pakistan airspace,giving an insight about its Aviation, both Civil and Military and finally the Flying clubs and Schools.
The first 2 parts are about civil Aviation, the third part gives as insight about Pakistan Air Force and finally the...
LONDON: Two women of Pakistani origin have been declared winners in the British election, becoming the first Muslim women to become members of the House of Commons, reports APP.
Yasmin Qureshi, a 47-year-old barrister, held on to a Labour seat of Bolton, polling 18,782 votes against her...
Friday, 07 May, 2010
NEW DELHI: India's defence minister cautioned the United States on Friday against military supplies to Pakistan, saying the hardware could be diverted to target India.
The warning came after the US in March said it would deliver unarmed drones to Pakistan and less...
By Anwar Iqbal
Friday, 07 May, 2010
WASHINGTON: Three key pillars of the US administration the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department joined hands on Thursday in an effort to tone down anti-Pakistan tirade stirred by the arrest of a Pakistani-American in the Times Square...
Former ISI Khalid Khwaja found dead in Waziristan
Updated at: 1653 PST, Friday, April 30, 2010
MIRANSHAH: Former intelligence officer Squadron Leader Khalid Khwaja (retd) was found dead in Karam Kot area of Mir Ali, Geo News reported.
Bullet riddled body of Khalid Khwaja was found today with...
Pakistan to get $600mn under US program: Pentagon
Thursday, 29 Apr, 2010
WASHINGTON: The United States plans to quickly transfer $600 million to Pakistan to reimburse the government for military operations over the last year, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
“There has been some...
FIA finds clue to facilitator of Benazir assassination
By Mohammad Asghar
Friday, 30 Apr, 2010
ISLAMABAD: The Special Investigation Group of the FIA, which has been asked to fix criminal responsibility in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, has conducted the DNA test of the...
Dear fellows! Back in 2008, XYON and Bezerk, Our Tank Gurus on PDF broke the news that Al-Khalid I was near its completion, and they even brought out the Images of AK-I prototype directly from HIT. here are those pictures to refresh your memories,
Apparently there are a few...
Large-scale military exhibition opens in Malaysia
Defense & Security News — By RIA Novosti on April 19, 2010 at 7:21 am
KUALA LUMPUR: A large-scale international exhibition of arms and military equipment, Defence Services Asia (DSA)-2010, opened on Monday in Malaysia's capital, Kuala...
Indiathe Fly In the Ointment of New Afghan Paradigm
By Iftikhar Gilani
March 26, 2010
NEW DELHI: Indian strategic community believes Pakistan and the US may have come up with a hush-hush understanding on Afghanistan in the ongoing strategic dialogue, aimed at marginalising Indian role...
First ship test for Block 3 Exocet missile
24 March 2010
The French Navy Forbin-class (Horizon) destroyer Chevalier Paul has completed the first in-service firing of the MBDA MM40 Block 3 Exocet anti-ship missile.
Conducted at the Direction Générale de l'Armement's (DGA's) Centre...
Democracy inaction - Pakistan's political paralysis
18 March 2010
The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led coalition government is fighting for its survival as it faces two increasingly confrontational organs of the state: the judiciary and the military. By most accounts, 2010 will...
International troops in Afghanistan get ready to hand over authority to local forces
15 March 2010
International coalition troops in southern Afghanistan are preparing to make way for national security forces and civilian authorities to strengthen local government as the NATO-led military...
Turkey moves ahead with LPD acquisition plan
17 March 2010
Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (Savunma Sanayii Müstesarligi - SSM) has issued a request for proposals (RfP) to seven local shipyards for the construction of a landing platform dock (LPD) vessel for the...