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Press Release
No PR56/2014-ISPR Dated: March 15, 2014
Rawalpindi - March 15, 2014: Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif has said that high standard of training, professionalism and commitment to serve the motherland has been Pakistan Army's hallmark. While we pay rich tributes to all our shaheeds and Ghazi brothers, we have to remain prepared to face potential challenges.
Chief of Army Staff made these remarks while talking to officers and men of the Armoured Division named "Men of Steel" at Gujranwala Garrison.

While appreciating the role of armoured formation, the Chief of Army Staff said, being the spearhead of military punch, they have played pivotal role in defence of the motherland. He said that Armoured corps maintains number of legendary units on its order of battle, who earned gallantry awards and accolades because of their successful operations in past wars. The ceremony was attended by a large number of senior serving and retired officers, Junior Commissioned officers and men of the Armoured Division, Sialkot and Gujranwala Garrisons. Earlier on arrival, Chief of Army Staff was received by Lieutenant General Tariq Khan, Commander Mangla Corps and Lieutenant General Salim Nawaz, Commander Gujranwala Corps.

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Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif reviewing parade of smartly turned out contingent of Armoured Divison at Gujranwala Today (15-03-2014)



notice the Al-Zarrar Tank

 

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National
Pak won't become US junkyard, mainly interested in MRAP vehicles

March 17, 2014 - Updated 102 PKT
From Web Edition

ISLAMABAD: The U.S. military may have another option for disposing of $7 billion worth of armored vehicles and other equipment it’s struggling to get rid of now that its war in Afghanistan is ending.
Some of it could be driven across the border and handed over to Pakistan, part of an effort by the Pentagon to unload excess military supplies to U.S. allies at no cost.

The discussions between American and Pakistani officials have been going on for months and center on leftover military hardware that the United States does not want to pay to ship or fly home.

Although no final decisions have been made, Pakistan is particularly interested in the U.S. Army’s mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles, which Pentagon officials say will have limited strategic value as U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan this year.

But with Pakistan’s military expected to be battling Taliban insurgents for years, the MRAPs could help Pakistani forces slow their high casualty rate of more than 20,000 dead or injured troops since 2001.

“We will not take it for the sake of just taking it, and we will not take it because it’s free,” said one senior Pakistani military official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the negotiations. “We will take it because we need it.”

About 150,000 Pakistani soldiers are along the country’s border with Afghanistan, and U.S. officials are counting on them to help keep the pressure on militant groups after 2014.

But Pakistan’s troops remain vulnerable to roadside bombs and explosive devices, and their armored vehicles can withstand far less force than a U.S.-made MRAP, officials said.

The United States had been a major weapons supplier to Pakistan for decades, but those sales slowed dramatically after the U.S. military raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011.

Over the past year, the tension has eased, and leaders in both countries have stressed that they need to work together to try to ensure regional stability after the U.S.-led coalition withdraws from Afghanistan.

Last fall, Secretary of State John F. Kerry signed a waiver authorizing U.S. weapons sales to Pakistan through at least this year.

The backbone of the U.S. military’s vehicle fleet in Afghanistan, MRAPs were designed to protect American troops from explosive devices. But each MRAP weighs as much as 40 tons, and Pentagon leaders have said it would potentially cost more than $100,000 per vehicle to ship them back to United States. They also have qualms about leaving them in Afghanistan, noting that the stock is far larger than what the Afghan army would be able to maintain.

The Washington Post reported in June that the U.S. military was shredding hundreds of MRAPs for scrap metal, despite their initial cost of $400,000 to $700,000 each.

But Mark E. Wright, a Pentagon spokesman, said the military still has about 13,000 MRAPs scattered worldwide that remain in good working condition, including about 1,600 in Afghanistan.

The U.S. government is offering them to allies for free on an “as-is, where-is” basis, Wright said. But the recipients, who would be vetted by the State Department, would be responsible for shipping them out of Afghanistan.

Twenty countries have expressed an interest, he added.

The Defense Department “is reviewing every request and is expediting the review process to support U.S. retrograde timelines,” said Wright, noting that decisions must be made by the end of this year.

But Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that many countries have ultimately decided that it’s neither cost-effective nor practical for them to pay to collect the MRAPs from Afghanistan.

“It’s very expensive for countries to take those vehicles from Afghanistan,” he said.

Pakistan, however, shares a 1,500-mile border with Afghanistan. Coalition forces also use Pakistani highways and ports to ship material into and out of landlocked Afghanistan.

In January, the New York Times reported that Uzbekistan, which borders Afghanistan, also has been inquiring about receiving surplus U.S. military hardware.

At the time, the newspaper noted that the U.S.-led coalition was increasingly relying on Uzbekistan to transport equipment and supplies out of Afghanistan because supply routes through Pakistan were partly blocked.

Since then, however, a major Pakistani political party has lifted its blockade of NATO supply routes through the northern part of the country. Since January, there also have been several high-level meetings between U.S. and Pakistani officials over ways to bolster cooperation.

A Pakistani security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter, said the military is exploring the acquisition of night-vision and communications equipment.

The official said Pakistan stepped up its efforts to find more advanced counterterrorism equipment and armor in the fall after a Pakistani army general was killed by a roadside bomb near the Afghan border. About 5,000 Pakistani troops have been killed in clashes with the Taliban or in terrorist attacks since 2001, including 114 over the past six months.

Siemon T. Wezeman, a senior researcher and South Asia expert at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which tracks global weapons sales and transfers, said Pakistan also has reached out to Turkey in search of more heavily armored vehicles.

But Wezeman said a deal between the United States and Pakistan to transfer old MRAPs could benefit both countries.

Although Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been boosting the defense budget, Wezeman notes that Pakistan remains a cash-strapped nation. And U.S. military commanders, he said, fear leaving surplus equipment in Afghanistan because of uncertainty about the Afghan army’s ability to fend off Taliban insurgents.

“Handing them all over to the Afghan army isn’t really an option,” Wezeman said. “There is a feeling in the U.S. that the Afghan army is not totally reliable, so it may be safer to just park them in Pakistan.”

Still, U.S. officials are mindful that any significant transfer of military hardware to Pakistan could complicate relations with Afghanistan and India, another U.S. ally in the region.

Pakistan and India have fought three major wars since 1947, but Wezeman doubts that India would seriously object “to a few hundred MRAPs ending up in Pakistan.” He notes that the bulky vehicles were built to fight an insurgency and would have little value in a major cross-border war involving tanks and warplanes.

It’s less clear, however, how Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Afghan military leaders would react. Karzai, who is leaving office this year, is deeply skeptical of Pakistan and believes that the U.S.-led coalition has not done enough to prepare the Afghan army for threats from Pakistan and other countries that border Afghanistan.

Even if the United States agrees to give Pakistan military hardware from Afghanistan, Pakistani officials stress that there are limits to what they’re willing to accept.

“Pakistan won’t become America’s junkyard,” one official said.

 

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Arms imports to Pakistan, 2013-2013

Note: Information is provided on deals with deliveries or orders made during the period specified and covers major conventional weapons, as defined by SIPRI. The 'No. delivered' and the 'Year(s) of deliveries' columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract.




Supplier Recipient No. ordered Weapon designation Weapon description Year of order Year(s) of deliveries No. delivered Recipient Involvement Comments

China Pakistan 4 ZDK-03 AEW&C aircraft 2008 2011 - 2013 (3) $278 m deal

China Pakistan (50) JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 FGA aircraft 1999 2007 - 2013 (50) Yes JF-17 Block-1 version; developed for Pakistan; incl production of components and assembly in Pakistan; incl 8 mainly for testing and first 42 production version ordered 2009 for $800 m

China Pakistan (500) Type-90-2/MBT-2000 Tank 1998 2001 - 2013 (328) Yes MBT-2000 (Al Khalid or P-90) version

China Pakistan (100) C-802/CSS-N-8 Anti-ship missile 2008 2012 - 2013 (20) For JF-17 combat aircraft

China Pakistan (30) C-802/CSS-N-8 Anti-ship missile 2010 2012 - 2013 (20) For Azmat FAC

China Pakistan (50) CM-400AKG Anti-ship missile 2010 2012 - 2013 (20) For JF-17 combat aircraft

China Pakistan 0 Red Arrow-8 Anti-tank missile 1989 1990 - 2013 (21850) Yes Pakistani designation Baktar Shikan

China Pakistan (800) PL-12/SD-10 BVRAAM 2006 2010 - 2013 (200) For JF-17 and possibly modernized Mirage-3/5 combat aircraft

China Pakistan (750) LS-3 Guided bomb 2008 2010 - 2013 (275) For JF-17 combat aircraft

China Pakistan (1000) LS-6-500 Guided bomb 2008 2010 - 2013 (250) For JF-17 combat aircraft

China Pakistan (750) LT-2 Guided bomb 2008 2010 - 2013 (250) For JF-17 combat aircraft

China Pakistan (100) R-440 Crotale SAM 2005 2009 - 2013 (100) For Jiangwei (F-22P) frigates; HQ-7 (FM-80) version

China Pakistan (1000) PL-5E SRAAM 2006 2009 - 2013 (360) For JF-17 combat aircraft; PL-5E-II version

China Pakistan (200) WMD-7 Aircraft EO system 2008 2009 - 2013 (50) For JF-17 combat aircraft

China Pakistan 4 F-22 Frigate 2005 2009 - 2013 4 Yes $500-750 m deal; F-22P version; incl 1 produced inPakistan; Pakistani designation Zulfiquar

France Pakistan 10 AS-350/AS-550 Fennec Light helicopter 2007 2010 - 2013 (20) Armed AS-550C3 version

Italy Pakistan (10) Spada-2000 SAM system 2007 2010 - 2013 (10) EUR415 m deal; Spada-2000 Plus version

Italy Pakistan (200) Aspide BVRAAM 2007 2010 - 2013 (200) Part of EUR415 m deal for Spada-2000 SAM systems; Aspide-2000 SAM version

Russia Pakistan (200) RD-33 Turbofan 2004 2007 - 2013 (50) RD-93 version; for JF-17 combat aircraft from China

Spain Pakistan 2 ATR-72 Transport aircraft 2012 2013 - 2013 2 Second-hand

Sweden Pakistan (150) MFI-17 Supporter Trainer aircraft 2001 2001 - 2013 (136) Yes Super Mushshak version

Sweden Pakistan 0 RBS-70 Portable SAM 1985 1988 - 2013 (1250) Yes Probably incl RBS-70 Mk-3 version

Turkey Pakistan 0 Panter 155mm Towed gun 2009 2011 - 2013 (60) Yes

Ukraine Pakistan 315 6TD Diesel engine 2002 2004 - 2013 (315) $150 m deal; for MBT-2000 (Type-90-2 or Al Khalid) tanks from China

Ukraine Pakistan 110 6TD Diesel engine 2013 2013 - 2013 (30) $50 m deal; probably for MBT-2000 (Type-90-2 or Al Khalid) tanks from China

United ArabEmirates Pakistan 2 Hawker-4000 Light transport ac 20112013 - 2013 (2) Probably second-hand; possibly for SIGINT

United States Pakistan (1) King Air Light transport ac 2013 2013 - 2013 1 Second-hand; King Air-350i version

United States Pakistan (500) AIM-120C AMRAAM BVRAAM 2007 2010 - 2013 (324) $265 m deal; AIM-120C-5 version; for F-16 combat
aircraft

United States Pakistan 5 DB-110 Aircraft recce system 2011 2013 - 2013 (5) Part of $72m deal; for F-16 combat aircraft

United States Pakistan (35) AN/APG-68 Combat ac radar 2007 2012 - 2013 (25) AN/APG-68(V)9 version; for 'Mid-Life Update' (MLU)​

modernization of 35 F-16A combat aircraft to F-16C (F-16AM or F-16MLU)

 

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Problem with US land equipment is that it's expensive to operate and run they are gas guzzlers not ideal for use by Pakistan army

 

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Saudi Arabia loans USD1.5 billion to Pakistan in further sign of warming ties


Author:Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad
Section:ASIA PACIFIC
Countries:
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Last posted:2014-03-19

Saudi Arabia gave USD1.5 billion to Pakistan on undisclosed terms in early March, prompting speculation that the two countries are working rapidly to further cement their security ties.

It was reported earlier in 2014 that Saudi Arabia had sought the deployment of Pakistani troops to the kingdom while Islamabad was seeking sales of its JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft, Super Mushshak trainer aircraft and Al-Khalid main battle tank.

A senior Pakistan government official stated that "at least half the Saudi funds" came as a grant while the other half "could also become a grant in future".

On 11 March Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar publicly confirmed for the first time that "a friendly Islamic country" had provided funds to stop a depletion of Pakistan's liquid foreign currency reserves, though he refused to name the country in question.

On 17 March a senior Pakistani government official confirmed that "Saudi Arabia has given these funds" adding that "it is an indication of Pakistan's growing strategic importance for Saudi Arabia".

He also said that Pakistan had agreed to provide "military trainers to Saudi Arabia" without specifying the number of personnel involved. Earlier reports had suggested that Saudi Arabia was seeking between 20,000-30,000 troops, mainly for duties along the border with Yemen and for internal security purposes in northern Saudi Arabia.

Western diplomats in Islamabad stated that the recent Saudi financial assistance to Islamabad suggests that Pakistan had agreed to part of the Saudi request. "This is not a small amount of money. If Saudi Arabia has given such a large sum of money to Pakistan, there must be something in return, a quid pro quo," said one Western diplomat in Islamabad.

COMMENT
Although Pakistan has apparently agreed to meet at least part of the Saudi request, Islamabad faces a difficult challenge in this area. Previous suggestions that Islamabad is widening its defence ties with Riyadh have usually met with criticism from analysts who argue that such a move could strain Pakistan's relations with Iran, given that Saudi Arabia and Iran remain at loggerheads.
JDW

 

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An expanded in-depth study of Pakistan Army

March 22, 2014 BY Pakistan Today

Brian Cloughley is a commentator on political and military affairs, specializing in South Asia, and is South Asia defense analyst for IHS-Jane’s Sentinel, a publication that provides ‘country risk intelligence’ for over 190 countries.

This fourth edition of Cloughley’s book on Pakistan Army incorporates new chapters covering the Musharraf years, the effects on Pakistan of the war in Afghanistan and operations in the border region, the nuclear programme, relations with the US, and discussion of the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence.

The scope of this expanded in-depth study of the Pakistan Army is wide as the army has played a major part in the country’s history. The author describes Pakistan’s violent internal politics and erratic international relations with deep knowledge gained through long association with the country and its armed forces.

Pakistan’s wars with India are covered vividly, drawing on unpublished material and details from Indian as well as Pakistani sources. The country’s resurrection under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is described, as is the decade of dictatorship that followed his period in power. The story of its aftermath, when Pakistan grappled with unaccustomed democracy and verged on anarchy, is told with the aid of personal knowledge of many of the senior players.

A History of the Pakistan Army
Wars and Insurrection
By Brian Cloughley
Published by: Oxford University Press, Karachi.
Pages: 608 Price: Rs.1,495 -Hardback

 

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NWA military commander changed

Three major generals retire, four assigned postings
March 02, 2014

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ISLAMABAD- Three of the senior most two-star generals have retired from the service while fresh postings have been assigned to four newly promoted major generals following an important reshuffle at the two-star general level at the Pakistan Army.
Ahead of an expected ground action in the North Waziristan Agency (NWA), a top military commander at an all important field formation is among the reshuffled lot. Maj Gen Ali Abbas Hyder, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7th Infantry Division Miranshah, NWA, has been replaced with Maj Gen Zafarullah Khan, one of the newly promoted two-star generals. Hyder has not been assigned any position immediately, it is learnt.
Three top generals in the seniority list of the army’s two-star generals reached the age of superannuation on Friday, according to informed military insiders. These are Maj Gen Ausaf Ali, Director General Operations at the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), Maj Gen Tahir Ashraf, DG Defence Exports Promotion Organisation (DEPO), and Maj Gen Ghulam Dastagir, DG Organisation and Methods at the GHQ. Ausaf Ali was the senior most Maj Gen followed by Tahir Ashraf whereas Ghulam Dastagir was fourth in the army’s seniority list of two-star generals.

Following these three retirements, Maj Gen Khalid Rao, DG Special Communications Organisation (SCO), becomes the senior most two-star general. Previously, he was third in the seniority list. Including Faiz Muhammad Khan Bangash, the number of two-star generals having retired this year, so far, becomes four.
Moreover, of the four newly promoted two-star generals who have been assigned postings, three are from Infantry and one from Armoured Corps (AC). Maj Gen Hasnat Amir Gilani, AC, has been appointed as GOC 1st Armoured Division Multan. He has replaced Maj Gen Umar Farooq Durrani, who has been appointed as Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS) at the Chief of General Staff (CGS) branch at the GHQ. This position was lying vacant lately. Hasnat Gilani is the senior most among the 30 two-star generals who were granted promotions last month and were awaiting promotions. He is the younger brother of Lt Gen Tariq Nadeem Gilani, the Chief of Logistics Staff (CGS), military insiders informed. Maj Gen Amir Abbasi, Infantry, has been appointed as GOC 10th Infantry Division Lahore. He has replaced Maj Gen Shahid Baig Mirza who has been appointed as Commandant Command and Staff College Quetta. Mirza has replaced Maj Gen Sohail Ahmad Khan who has been assigned the position of Vice Military Secretary (VMS) at the Military Secretary (MS) branch at the GHQ. Previously, Maj Gen Sadiq Ali was serving at this position. He is now the GOC 35th Infantry Division Bahawalpur, a position that was lately vacant, sources said.
Another newly promoted Maj Gen Majid Ehsan, Infantry, is deputed as Chief of Staff, Southern Command, Quetta. He has replaced Maj Gen Naseer Ali Khan who has not been assigned any posting immediately.
Maj Gen Zafarullah Khan, the GOC 7th Infantry Division Miranshah, is also from Infantry. Maj Gen Farhan Ali, Signals, was the first newly promoted two-star general to have been assigned a posting last week. He was appointed as Commandant Military College of Signals (MCS) Rawalpindi. The rest of 25 major generals are awaiting postings.
Moreover, all the three retired generals as well as Maj Gen Khalid Rao were promoted from brigadier to the major general rank in January 2007. These four generals were superseded in 2011 when some of their batch mates including Lieutenant General Sajjad Ghani, Corps Commander Karachi, Lt Gen Abid Pervaiz Corps Commander Multan and Nasser Khan Janjua Corps Commander Quetta were given promotions. Last month, another superseded Maj Gen Faiz Bangash had retired. He was DG Ordnance Services, a position presently held by Maj Gen Tariq Haleem Suri
Among those top five two-star generals who expect promotions this year in terms of seniority are: Maj Gen Naveed Ahmed, Sector Commander Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Sindh; Maj Gen Sohail Abbas Zaidi, Deputy DG ISI; Maj Gen Rizwan Akhtar, DG Sindh Rangers; Maj Gen Shehzad Sikander, DG Works; and Maj Gen Mian Hilal Hussain, DG Military Training. Three of their batch mates Zahid Latif Mirza, Ikram-ul-Haq and Obaidullah Khan Khattak were promoted last December. Mirza is presently Commander Army Air Defence Command; Haq is Inspector General Training and Evaluation; whereas Khattak is Commander Army Strategic Force Command.

 

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Press Release

Rawalpindi - March 23 2014

The President of Pakistan has been pleased to grant the Military awards to the officers and men of Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force. 14 officers and men granted Sitara-e-Basalat, 109 Tamgha-e-Basalat, 43 Imtiazi Asnad, 91 COAS Commendation Cards, 44 Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), 54 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and 84 Tamgh-i-Imtiaz (Military).

Following officers and men have been conferred with Sitara-e-Basalat, Maj Gen Sana Ullah Khan (Shaheed), Lt Col Tauseef Ahmed (Shaheed), Lt Col Sajid Mushtaq (Shaheed), Capt Hassan Musahib Javed (Shaheed), Capt Naveed Khan (Shaheed,Sub Ikhlaq Ahmed Khan (Shaheed), Hav Abdul Rauf (Shaheed), Lnk Rahim Khan (Shaheed), Lnk Muhammad Irshad Khan (Shaheed), Lnk Muhammad Irfan Sattar (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Asif (Shaheed), Sep Abid Ali (Shaheed)Sep Maraj Ahmad Rabbani (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Shakeel (Shaheed), Wing Commander Umair Ahmed Najmi.

Following officers and men have been conferred with Tamgha-e-Basalat, Brig Qaisar Shahzad, Col Khalid Masood Khan (Shaheed), Maj Abdul Wahid Danish (Shaheed), Maj Atta Ullah, Maj Tariq Rahim, Capt Syed Muhammad Abbas Rizvi (Shaheed), Capt Imran Ullah (Shaheed), Capt Mohsin Raza Ali, Capt Muhammad Jamal, Lt Syed Mohtashim Haider Sherazi, Lt Tukreem Khawaja, Lt Ahmad Raza (Shaheed),Lt Humayoon Shaikh, Sub Muhammad Sarwar, (Shaheed), Sub Rasool Bux (Shaheed), Sub Muhammad Riaz, Sub Muhammad Izhar Khan, N/Sub Muhammad Mursaleen (Shaheed), N/Sub Muhammad Sarwar, N/Sub Itbar Khan (Shaheed),N/Sub Ali Zaman (Shaheed), N/Sub Muhammad Ilyas, N/Sub Khalid Ali (Shaheed), N/Sub Naeem Akhtar (Shaheed), Hav Zar Said (Shaheed), Hav Usman Ud Din (Shaheed), Hav Khan Afsar, Hav Muhammad RafiqueL/Hav Muhammad Anwar Khan (Shaheed), L /Hav Jamal Din (Shaheed), Nk Saif Ullah Khan (Shaheed), Nk Mehboob Ahmed (Shaheed), Nk Muhammad Yaqoob (Shaheed), Nk Rizwan Ali (Shaheed), Nk Tajammul Hussain, Nk Atta Ullah Khan (Shaheed), Nk Ibrar Muhammad (Shaheed), Nk Muhammad Bilal (Shaheed), Lnk Hayat Islam (Shaheed),Lnk Inayat Ullah (Shaheed), Up/Lnk Intikhab Alam, Lnk Imran Haider, Lnk Ghulam Shabir (Shaheed), Lnk Javed Iqbal, Lnk Amir Haider, Lnk Muhammad Naeem (Shaheed), Lnk Muhammad Aftab, Lnk Abid Hussain (Shaheed), Lnk Muhammad Chanvaiz (Shaheed),Lnk Muhammad Khan, Lnk Rab Nawaz (Shaheed), Lnk Muhammad Waris (Shaheed), Lnk Khazar Hayat (Shaheed), Lnk Abdul Majeed (Shaheed), Sep Israr Ahmed (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Waseem Khan (Shaheed), Sep Aftab Ahmed (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Akram (Shaheed),Sep Syed Atif Aziz (Shaheed), Sep Haji Tanveer Abbas (Shaheed), Sep Tanveer Khan (Shaheed), Sep Rafi Ullah (Shaheed), Sep Najeeb Ullah (Shaheed),Sep Muhammad Saqib (Shaheed), Sep Kamran Majeed (Shaheed), Sep Mehtab Ali (Shaheed), Swr Faisal Mahmood (Shaheed), Spr Imran Khan (Shaheed), Spr Ammar Ahmed (Shaheed), Spr Amjad Ali, Spr Shahid Abbas, Sep Ghulam Dastgir (Shaheed),Sep Muhammad Ajaz (Shaheed),Sep Muhammad Fiaz (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Shoaib (Shaheed), Sep Faiz Muhammad (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Awaise (Shaheed), Sep Touqeer Abbas, Sep Muhammad Altaf (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Ashfaq (Shaheed), Sep Malik Muhammad Javed (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Jahangir (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Awais Qarni, Sep Naveed Abbas (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Sajad Khan (Shaheed), Sep Noor Saeed Khan (Shaheed), Sep Abid Khan,Sep Manzoor Ali (Shaheed),Sep Muhammad Wali,Sep Imtiaz Ali (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Hanif (Shaheed),Sep Shan Muhammad (Shaheed), Sep Wali Muhammad (Shaheed), Sep Sana Ur Rehman, Sep Ali Akhtar (Shaheed), Sep Waqar Abbas, (Shaheed),Sep Wasim Javed (Shaheed), Sep Aziz Ullah, Sep Saif Ullah (Shaheed), Sep Zulfiqar Ali (Shaheed), Sep Arshad Mehmood (Shaheed), Sep Amjad Ali (Shaheed), Sep Aamir Shahzad (Shaheed), Sep Tariq Mehmood (Shaheed), Sep Muhammad Ajmil Khan (Shaheed), Sep Istiraj Khan (Shaheed), Cfn / VM Gulzar Ahmed (Shaheed), Cfn / VM Ashok Kumar (Shaheed), Sep Ibrar Khan, Lt Azmat Ullah, LCDT Wajid Ali, CDT-I Afzal Khan, Wing Commander Azman Khalil.

Following officers and men have been conferred with Imtiazi Sanad, Col Muhammad Altaf, Lt Col Muhammad Afzal, Maj Ziaullah, Maj Gul Abbas, Maj Adeel Safdar, Capt Tariq Ahmed Mirza, Capt Muhammad Sohail Anwar, Capt Muhammad Rehan Kayani, Capt Yassar Iqbal Khattak, Capt Zohaib Nawaz Judga, Capt Zafar Ali, Capt Muhammad Naseem, Capt Zeeshan Shaukat Awan, Lt Muhammad Shoaib Nawaz Kurd, Lt Usman Jahangir Khan, Lt Muhammad Aqib Nawaz Khan, Lt Tasneem Ullah Khan, Sub Amjad Ali, Sub Shabir Ahmed, N/Sub Muhammad Saleem, Hav Muhammad Ashraf (Shaheed), Hav Muhammad Saddique, (Shaheed), Hav Habib Ullah Khan, L/Hav Jafar Shah, Nk Wisal Mehmood, Nk Muhammad Qasim, Nk Muhammad Ikram, Lnk Muhammad Munir (Shaheed),Up/Lnk Hafiz Ur Rehman, Lnk Basharat Ali, Sep Muhammad Sohail Akhtar (Shaheed), Sep Saghir Khan (Shaheed), Sep Abdul Qayyum Khan (Shaheed),Sep Muhammad Rauf, Sep Muhammad Ansar, Sep Farrukh Shahzad Khan, Sep Muzaffar Ali, Sep Yasar Nadeem, Sep Zeeshan Saeed, Sep Nazakat Hussain, Sep Abid Hussain,Sep Muhammad Azam,Sep Bakht Buland, Spr Muhammad Faheem, Sep Ghulam Ishaque (Shaheed).

Following officers and men have been conferred withCOAS Commendation Card,Brig Muhammad Aslam, Brig Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Brig Tariq Hussain, Brig Rasikh Maqsood, Brig Javaid Sajjad Hashmi, Col Nadeem Rahmatullah Khan, Lt Col Muhammad Atif Saeed, Lt Col Nadeem Yousaf, Lt Col Hammad Raza, Lt Col Muhammad Yasien, Lt Col Muhammad Younis, Lt Col Muhammad Ahmad Madni, Lt Col Sabir Hussain Bhatti, Lt Col Ahmed Mujadid Khan Burki, Maj Muhammad Pervez Khan Niazi, Maj Mudassar Sharif Khan, Maj Usman Ali Minhas, Maj Muhammad Zia Ud Din Khan, Maj Arif Hussain, Maj Faisal Ali Shah, Maj Umar Mushtaq, Maj Muhammad Ali Raj, Maj Hassan Zaman Malik, Maj Jamil Ahmad Qureshi,Maj Ahmed Bilal, Maj Hassan Askari, Maj Muhammad Rashid Iqbal, Maj Syed Muhammad Asar Hussain, Capt Syed Muhammad Saqib Anjum, Capt Nasir Khan Jadoon, Capt Khurram Hayat, Capt Maisam Raza, Capt Adil Mehmood, Capt Hafiz Waleed, Capt Bilal Munir, Capt Eece Wali, Capt Abdur Rehman, Capt Muhammad Sajjad, Capt Muhammad Arsalan Munir, Lt Zulqarnain Shah, Lt Faisal Anwar, Lt Raja Usman Gul, Lt Tahir Anwar, Sub Ahmed Mir, Sub Muhammad Khan, Sub Muhammad Razzaq, Sub Muhammad Riaz, N/Sub Ashiq Ali, N/Sub Sana Ullah, N/Sub Abdul Hameed, Hav Muhammad Mushtaq, Hav Irfan Ali, Hav Muhammad Saraj, Hav Zahid Iqbal Aaqib, Hav Naveed Ur Rehman, Hav Ali Nawaz, Hav Ghulab Khan, Hav Abdul Jabbar, Hav Rasool Bux, Hav Safdar Hussain Pardesi, Hav Muhammad Ejaz, Hav Ijaz Ahmed, Hav Shahid Islam, Hav Muhammad Hussain,Hav Hidayat Ullah,Hav Khalid Rehman, Nk Muhammad Nadeem, Nk Muhammad Bawar Khan, Up/Nk Ahsan Mehmood, Nk Hidat Ali, Nk Siab Khan, Lnk Zia Ullah, Lnk Muhammad Ali, Lnk Muhammad Ameer, Lnk Baboo, Lnk Abdul Said,Sep Muhammad Asif, Snr Tech Imdadullah, Sep Mawali Khan, Sep Muzamil Hussain, Sep Aamir Mehmood,Spr Tasawar Hussain, Spr Tahir Khan, Sep Rizwan Ahmed Shahzad, Sep Zaheer Mehmood, Sep Basharat Khan, Sep Muhammad Tufail, Sep Mohsin Afzal, Sep Bilal Akram, Sep Nazakat Ali, Sep Muhammad Tanveer.

Following officers have been conferred withHilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), Maj Gen Muhammad Tariq Halim Suri, Maj Gen Rehan Abdul Baqi, Maj Gen Arshad Mahmood, Maj Gen Khalid Mahmood, Maj Gen Omar Mahmood Hayat, Maj Gen Sajjad Rasul, Maj Gen Shahid Baig Mirza, Maj Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa,T Bt, Maj Gen Muhammad Jaffar, Maj Gen Sadiq Ali, Maj Gen Syed Najmul Hassan Shah, Maj Gen Abdul Khaliq Naveed, Maj Gen Adil Khan, Maj Gen Amjad Fahim, Rear Admiral Shah Sohail Mahmood, Rear Admiral Syed Bashir Ahmed, Rear Admiral Waseem Akram, Air Vice Marshal Syed Muhammad Khan, Air Vice Marshal Sohail Ahmed Malik.

Following officers have been conferred withSitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), Brig Muhammad Amjad, Brig Jamal Abdul Nasir, Brig Sohail Mahmood, Brig Taufeeq Tahir, Brig Masroor Ahmed, Brig Muhammad Abdullah, Brig Muhammad Salah Ud Din, Brig Muhammad Naeem, Brig Muhammad Zia Ul Haq, Brig Irfan Mushtaq Kiyani, TI (M), Brig Haroon Malik, Brig Nadeem Akram Malik, Brig Saadat Saeed Bhutta, Brig Muhammad Yousaf, Brig Khalid Mahmood Chaudhry, Brig Muhammad Junaid, Brig Muhammad Raees Malik, Brig Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Brig Amal Zada Khan, Brig Waseem Khalid, Brig Muhammad Farooq Murawat, Brig Waseem Ayub, Brig Imran Ul Haq, Brig Ozair Ahmed, Brig Hassan Jalil Shah, Brig Masud Ahmed, Brig Iftikhar Ahmad Shahid, Brig Anjum Irshad Khan, Brig Javed Iqbal, Brig Zakir Hussain, Brig Arif Mahmood Butt, Brig Muhammad Anwar Iqbal, Brig Nasrullah Khan Nasir, Brig Shabbir Hussain, Brig Dilshad Ahmed Khan, Brig Muhammad Mazhar Hussain, Brig Akbar Waheed, Brig Ghulam Raza, Col Meer Khursheed Ali, Col Ijaz Maghfoor Satti, Col Zaigham Khan, Col Ahsan Raza, Col Khalid Baig, Col Tahir Hussain, Col Saeed Iqbal, Col Muhammad Khalid Khan, Col Naeem Haider, Col Syed Abdul Basit Bokhari, Col Nadeem Rahmat Ullah Khan, Col Inam Ullah Khan, Col Sharaf Ali Alavi, Col Saeed Anwar, Col Muhammad Salman Ashraf, Col Aamer Ikram, Commodore Suhail Hameed, Commodore Zain Zulfiqar, Commodore Faisal Rasool Lodhi, Commodore Zahid Ilyas, Commodore Moin Ahmed Waraich, Commodore Saeed Ahmed Butt, Commodore Sardar Amjad Mahmood, Commodore Ahmed Fauzan, Commodore Muhammad Aslam Khan, Commodore Muhammad Kamal Akhter, Commodore Mehboob Elahi Malik, Commodore Zahid Akram, Commodore Muhammad Waris, Air Commodore Shahid Akhter, Commodore Javed Syed, Commodore Fazal Mahmood, Commodore Shah Masroor Hussain, Commodore Muhammad Saleem Akhter, Group Captain Muhammad Amjad Iqbal, Group Captain Tajamul Hussain, Group Captain Rizwan Ahmad, Group Captain Rizwan Riaz, Group Captain Amjad Hussain.

Following officers have been conferred withTamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military).Lt Col Badar Rashid, Lt Col Ajmal Khan, Lt Col Mirza Adeel Danish, Lt Col Asad Ullah Khan, Lt Col Muhammad Mudassar Gulzar, Lt Col Sibtain Abbas, Lt Col Rizwan Kashif Khokhar, Lt Col Arshad Iqbal, Lt Col Sarfraz Ahmed, Lt Col Adeeb Ur Rahman Khan, Lt Col Muhammad Niaz Khan, Lt Col Tanweer Hussain Khan, Lt Col Farrukh Uz Zaman, Lt Col Mian Farooq Aziz, Lt Col Akbar Ali Butt, Lt Col Irfan Ahsan, Lt Col Muhammad Tariq Mumshad Bodla, Lt Col Riazat Ullah, Lt Col Naseem Ul Ghani, Lt Col Zafar Ali, Lt Col Junaid Alam, Lt Col Naveed Ejaz, Lt Col Muhammad Zahir Shafiq, Lt Col Muhammad Asim Mushtaq, Lt Col Sher Muhammad, Lt Col Sohail Shahzad, Lt Col Waqas Aslam Malik, Lt Col Arshad Munir Malik, Lt Col Muhammad Imran, Lt Col Muhammad Athar Siddique, Lt Col Shahid Saleem, Lt Col Azhar Hussain, Lt Col Muhammad Shafiq, Lt Col Muhammad Shahid Kamal, Lt Col Hameed Zaman, Lt Col Shahid Sultan, Lt Col Muhammad Asif, Lt Col Tariq Bashir, Lt Col Muhammad Afzal, Lt Col Rizwan Ahmed, Lt Col Shahzad Rasul, Lt Col Ishtiaq Hussain, Lt Col Muhammad Zahid, Lt Col Hamid Afzal, Lt Col Sikandar Ghafoor, Lt Col Muzammil Ahmed Khan, Lt Col Nadeem Akhtar Khan, Lt Col Nabi Bux, Lt Col Ansar Ahmad Khan, Lt Col Fawad Nazir, Lt Col Muhammad Aslam, Lt Col Mufti Tausif Ur Rehman, Lt Col Syed Nadeem Ahmed Saeed, Lt Col Muhammad Afzal, Lt Col Waqar Ali, Lt Col Waseem Ahmad Khan, Lt Col Waqar Muzaffar, Lt Col Abdul Wahab Nadeem, Lt Col Mrs Kausar Habib, Maj Saeed Ahmed Jokhio, Maj Khawar Sultan, Maj Faheem Azam, Maj Usman Riaz, Maj Jamil Akhtar, Maj Ashraf Haider, Maj Sabir Hayat, Maj Hafiz Muhammad Siddiq, Maj Ajaz Khan, Maj Saif Riaz Chaddher, Maj Ajaz Hussain, Maj Wali Khan, Maj Zar Muhammad Khan, Maj Muhammad Jaffar Siddique, Maj Syed Sajjad Hussain Musavi, Maj Saeed Ahmad, Maj Ehsan Ul Haq Azeem, Maj Ghulam Mustafa, Maj Mubasher Abbas Baig, Maj Nasir Rasheed, Maj Muhammad Shadab Lodhi, Maj Tauqeer Ahmed, Maj Khurram Aftab Warraich, Maj Malik Tariq Gulzar, Maj Mrs Nusrat Parveen, Maj Mrs Jamlia Kulssom, Commander Iftkhar-ul-Haq, Commander Shahid Masood, Commander Kashif Azam, Commander Majid Mahmood, Commander Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan, Commander Anwar Saeed, Commander Javed Latif Khan, Commander Muhammad Imran Nosher, Commander Haider Salman, Lt Commander Syed Moeez ul Haq, Lt Commander Muhammad Faisal Kiani, Lt Commander Mansoor Ahmed, Lt Commander Asad Iqbal Khokar, Lt Commander Ghulam Akber Tipu, Wing Commander Numan Waheed, Wing Commander Asim Ijaz, Wing Commander Syed Asghar Abbass Bukhari, Wing Commander Muzamil Jibran, Wing Commander Muhammad Amjad, Wing Commander Imran Saif, Wing Commander Muhammad Ejaz Yousaf Cheema, Wing Commander Muhammad Zafar Khan.

The resumption of US military aid to Pakistan is seen as a sign of normalisation
of military-to-military ties between the US and Pakistan that had hit rock
bottom after the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces in Abbottabad in May 2011.


Sources said the notable developments over the past one year include
delivery of 150 additional radio sets, completed upgrades on 35 Pak F-16s, and
imminent delivery of 374 M113 armored personnel carriers as Excess
Defense Articles in April 2014..


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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/32768581.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

 

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Havaldar Abdul Khaliq winning Gold at the Asian Games 100m

 

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PK Peacekeepers

 

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Saudi Arabia loans USD1.5 billion to Pakistan in further sign of warming ties


Author:Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad
Section:ASIA PACIFIC
Countries:
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Last posted:2014-03-19

Saudi Arabia gave USD1.5 billion to Pakistan on undisclosed terms in early March, prompting speculation that the two countries are working rapidly to further cement their security ties.

It was reported earlier in 2014 that Saudi Arabia had sought the deployment of Pakistani troops to the kingdom while Islamabad was seeking sales of its JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft, Super Mushshak trainer aircraft and Al-Khalid main battle tank.

A senior Pakistan government official stated that "at least half the Saudi funds" came as a grant while the other half "could also become a grant in future".

On 11 March Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar publicly confirmed for the first time that "a friendly Islamic country" had provided funds to stop a depletion of Pakistan's liquid foreign currency reserves, though he refused to name the country in question.

On 17 March a senior Pakistani government official confirmed that "Saudi Arabia has given these funds" adding that "it is an indication of Pakistan's growing strategic importance for Saudi Arabia".

He also said that Pakistan had agreed to provide "military trainers to Saudi Arabia" without specifying the number of personnel involved. Earlier reports had suggested that Saudi Arabia was seeking between 20,000-30,000 troops, mainly for duties along the border with Yemen and for internal security purposes in northern Saudi Arabia.

Western diplomats in Islamabad stated that the recent Saudi financial assistance to Islamabad suggests that Pakistan had agreed to part of the Saudi request. "This is not a small amount of money. If Saudi Arabia has given such a large sum of money to Pakistan, there must be something in return, a quid pro quo," said one Western diplomat in Islamabad.

COMMENT
Although Pakistan has apparently agreed to meet at least part of the Saudi request, Islamabad faces a difficult challenge in this area. Previous suggestions that Islamabad is widening its defence ties with Riyadh have usually met with criticism from analysts who argue that such a move could strain Pakistan's relations with Iran, given that Saudi Arabia and Iran remain at loggerheads.
JDW

Instead KSA and other Muslim countries can help Pakistan by investing in Oil, Gas, Coal and other mineral exploration and supply... Both on Land and on Sea.... Also on development of Gwadar port along with Jiwani.

 

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Growing tensions between Pakistani government, army lead to fears of another coup

Author:Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad
Last posted:2014-04-10

Growing tensions between Pakistan's elected civilian leaders and the country's influential army have led to fears of another military takeover in Islamabad.

Concerns over civil-military relations are a particular worry for the West in a year when US-led forces are due to leave Afghanistan. Much of the military equipment being withdrawn from Afghanistan is travelling through Pakistan to the southern port city of Karachi.

Concerns mounted on 7 April when General Raheel Sharif, the chief of the Pakistan Army staff, said in rare public remarks that the military would protect its "dignity at all costs".

A senior army official opined that those remarks showed the army's anger over the recent indictment of retired General Pervez Musharraf, the former military ruler who stepped down in 2008.

The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vigorously sought Musharraf's trial on charges of high treason related to events in 2007 when the former general announced a state of emergency and oversaw the imprisonment of judges, civil society activists, and politicians. The government has also refused Musharraf permission to travel to the United Arab Emirates to visit his ailing mother.

On 9 April, after General Sharif presided over a meeting of top commanders at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, a second senior army official stated that the generals "expressed displeasure" with Khawaja Asif, the defence minister. Asif has a reputation as a public critic of the army.

Analysts said the wrangling comes at an unhelpful time for the government, which is locked in controversial peace negotiations with the Taliban. Many of the prime minister's critics say he will eventually have to oversee an army-led operation targeting Taliban strongholds in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal regions on the Afghan border. For that, he will need the army's support.

"The army has made it clear, enough is enough," retired Brigadier Farooq Hameed Khan, a former Pakistan Army commander and respected commentator, He said the army's "expression of displeasure with the defence minister sends a very strong message. The prime minister must review this situation and appoint a new defence minister to diffuse the crisis".

COMMENT
The army has directly ruled Pakistan for almost half of its life as an independent state - something that continues to be a powerful reminder that civilian government could be prone to another coup. Politicians close to the prime minister argue that the emergence of a robust private media and the growth of a civil society make it harder for the army to seize power in future. However, Western officials disagree.

"Pakistan is too important as the Islamic world's only country armed with nuclear weapons to be isolated," said one Western diplomat. "Its location next to Afghanistan means the world will need to continue doing business with Pakistan whatever form of government is in Islamabad."

Khan, however, said that General Sharif's remarks have not set the pace yet for a coup. "A lot depends on how the two sides [civil and military] move in the coming weeks to diffuse the crisis," he said.
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