Why the hell would they act as f***ng guarantor of anything? The americans are beating a retreat. Pakistan's strategy of waiting it out has worked. The americans will be gone, sooner and not later. Whether they manage an agreement with the talibs or not. They are going to get out. The...
Actually it was the Ottoman Turks themselves, after their conversion to Islam, who conquered the remnants of the Christian Byzantine empire whose capital was at Istanbul (Constantinople). Then the Turks founded the longest lasting Islamic Empire, which lasted until their defeat along with their...
Ah, i remember that. Shah Faisal, Moammar Gaddhafi... where will we find such statesmen again? Did not know about the 'revolution' threat, however.
Basically, despite the propaganda you might hear from the indian press on the internet, which is then echoed by some western sources, Pakistan is...
People in many rich countries can afford a cook, a cleaner and a driver. Often they themselves do worse things than slouching around and wear worse things than cool white clothes.
Think of it as: What has Saudi Arabia done for Pakistan, and what has Iran done for Pakistan? Make a list...
Pakistan has always stood by Iran as a good neighbor and a brotherly nation. The Iranian regime, after 1979, however, had an extremely sectarian policy, which covertly did a lot of damage to Pakistan's core interests during the 90s, and since then has done a lot of covert as well as overt damage.
You'd be surprised how hygenic the saudi people are. And also at how generous and charitable they are. Ever wondered how everyone in that country prefers to dress in white?
Indeed, the PAF lacks a modern terrain hugging low-level strike platform. PAF lacks any survivable platforms for offensive air operations much farther from the border (yes, even with F16 Block 52s). The Chinese JH-7, Saudi/UK/Euro Tornadoes, Qatari/UAE Mirage 2k, and used Mirage F1s and...
The SAM cooperation would be a dream come true. Siper and Hisar-A/O/G/U will nicely complete Pakistan's Sam Network and if there is transfer of technology it will give Pakistan's munitions and defense electronics industry a generational leap.
But Turkish Industry should actually take initiative...
Thank you for a very thoughtful response. I checked some of the calculations you gave, and i definitely stand corrected. At 250,000 bpd PARCO does cover the gap.
There is one caveat though, car ownership in Pakistan at the moment is extremely low. According to wiki, Pakistan's car ownership...
Okay. There are a few other ways (apart from the mission planning keys referred to above):
1. Firstly, the US has the IFF codes of the Pakistani F-16 fleet. If those IFF codes were ever to 'make their way' into an enemy aircraft, then the enemy aircraft, when it is detected by a PAF F-16 on...
@niaz I'm pretty sure your claim that the single PARCO 250,000 bpd refinery will be able to fulfill the country's entire demand for refined petroleum products is incorrect. The country's existing refineries have way inadequate production and are all based on obsolete technology which results in...
The import of luxury phones is a major contributor to the external account deficit the economy is facing. The country's import bill is $ 60 billion. The amount of luxury goods including high end phones being smuggled and legally imported into the country is one of the biggest contributors to...
You want to arrest them and make them even more self-proclaimed champions of 'democracy' and 'press freedom'? No, that is exactly how they run their shop. It is free advertisement for them. The way to deal with them is to show them the power of the state. They need to see actual harm, actual...
only in pakistan are details of such classified procedures released for terrorists to learn and adapt from. Exactly what led to their identities being known by the agencies and how they were tracked: release of this info can only help others avoid getting caught.
well done ctd, your...
For enhancing its ISR Capabilities in particular, the following are essential for PN:
1. Ocean Radar Satellites (SAR Radar Carrying Satellites for pinpoint tracking of the location of enemy surface fleets) & ELINT Satellites
2. Broad Area Surveillance by HALE UAVs (e.g. Chinese Divine Eagle)
3...