Afghanistan Pakistan peace in sight

Pakistan was one country that raised its voice against the opposition to the set in Kabul with Tajik minority being in charge of the government. Pakistan was very emphatic that the majority Pashtoon should be in charge of Kabul since Pakistan supported the Pashtoon Taliban. Most of the participants marginalized Pakistan’s concerns and point of…

2018 Pakistan Defense Budget

Pakistan has announced a defense budget of PKR1,100 billion ($9.5 billion) for fiscal year (FY) 2018-19. The new figure represents a 20% increase over the PKR920 billion allocated for defense in 2017-18, which was subsequently raised to PKR999 billion, and t he new defense budget amounts to about 19% of the country’s national expenditure for…

World Wide Iranian Shia Militancy Web

With the end to the deadly Syrian war and the Syrian regime along with its prime supporters Russia and Iran establishing a solid base, the question that requires attention is to what will happen to all those so-called freedom and foreign fighters. The Syrian war has given a very clear trajectory and the rise to…

Pakistan Army Aviation Corp

Pakistan Army’s Future Helicopter Plans The Pakistan Army is looking at procuring a new attack helicopter type to enhance its current capabilities as part of a wider modernization of its rotary-winged assault capabilities. Speaking at the IQPC Military Helicopter conference in London, the commander of Pakistan Army Aviation, Major General Nasir D Shah, said that…

Pakistan Acquires MIRV Tracking Technology from China

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/22/595967125/china-acknowledges-sale-of-advanced-missile-technology-to-pakistan BREAKING NEWS FROM NPR China Acknowledges Sale Of Advanced Missile Technology To Pakistan   March 22, 20185:49 AM ET SCOTT NEUMAN   Pakistan test fires its new Ababeel surface-to-surface ballistic missile in Pakistan on Jan. 24, 2017. Ababeel has a maximum range of 1,350 miles and is capable of delivering multiple warheads using multiple…

Pakistan’s Nuclear Program: Setting the Record Straight By Haris Khan

“They combine a mad love of country with an equally mad indifference to life, their own as well as others. They are cunning, unscrupulous, and inspired.”                                                                                       – Alfred Hitchcock     W While narrating his version of the development of Pakistan’s nuclear program on a private T.V. channel recently, Dr. A Q Khan made…

HIT’s Al-Khalid Tank

During a recent hearing in Pakistan’s Senate Committee. In a committee hearing, the details of which were published on the Pakistan Senate website, senior HIT officials said the state-owned enterprise is producing 18 Al-Khalid-I MBT’s per year on average despite having capacity to build 50. According to SIPRI 2015 so far Pakistan Army has received…