NEW DELHI - The United States is not going to put pressure on India to buy F-16 fighter jets or any other defence system, a senior US diplomat has said here. United States Consul General in Mumbai Edgard Kagan said India has purchased more than USD 15 billion worth of American defence materials ...

WASHINGTON - The US is keen to move forward on some important defence agreements with India that will make it easier for the Trump administration to share classified data and facilitate the sale of F-16 and F-18 fighter jets to New Delhi, a top American diplomat has said. The Trump administration ...

WASHINGTON - Bahrain has concluded a $3.8-billion deal with a US aerospace and military equipment giant to purchase 16 upgraded F-16 fighter jets.The Bahrain Defense Force announced on Monday it signed the agreement with Lockheed Martin during a military exhibition in the Persian Gulf sheikhdom, ...

ANKARA- The US government has reportedly turned down a proposal put forth by Turkey to use Pakistani pilots for F-16 training, hinting at the fraught relations between Washington and Islamabad.The refusal was quoted by a pro-government columnist Mehmet Acet, who in Yeni Şafak daily claimed ...

Washington: Two top Senators have urged the Trump administration to push for the sale of F-16 fighter jets to India to build its capability to counter security threats and balance China's growing military power in the Pacific.Senators Mark Warner from Virginia and John Cornyn from Texa in a joint ...

ISLAMABAD, June 13 (APP): Pakistan aims for French/Russian Plane options after US F-16 Deal closes Secretary Defence Lt General (Retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak Monday informed a joint sitting of Senate's Standing Committees on Defence and Foreign Affairs that the purchasing of F-16 aircraft from the ...

ISLAMABAD, Jun 13 (APP): Pakistan asks US whether it wants peace in Afghanistan through war Pakistan has categorically asked the United  States to make its objectives clear if it wants dialogue or war to achieve peace in Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said on Monday. At the ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) A joint meeting of the Senate Standing Committees on Defence and Foreign Affairs will be held on Monday here at the Parliament House.Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed will chaired the meeting.The agenda before the committees is May 12 ruling of the Senate Chairman on the "withdrawal of ...

PESHAWAR, (APP): CPEC to bring new heights to Pak-China strategic relations Senior defence analyst and former Secretary Security FATA, Brigadier (R) Mehmood Shah Friday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would further cement the ever growing and time tested relationship between the ...

WASHINGTON, (APP): Ex. President Zardari urges US to witness Pakistan’s commitment to counter terrorism Former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has asked those lawmakers in US Congress who doubt Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorism to visit the country and see for themselves the ...