The Pakistani Taliban have warned the government of a severe backlash if it continues making claims of having broken the back of the militants in operations in different parts of the country's northwest. ...
12:39 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Islamabad: A fortnight before Thursday's terrorist assault on a key airbase, Pakistani security agencies had issued two specific warnings about possible attacks on air force installations following the escape from prison of dreaded terrorist Adnan Rasheed. The National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) of the Interior Ministry issued an alert to officials in all four provinces which specifically warned that terrorists could target military installations, especially Pakistan Air Force facilities, using...
11:34 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Islamabad: Eight armed terrorists forced their way into one of Pakistan's largest air bases, the Minhas air base in Kamra, 85 km from Islamabad. All eight terrorists and one security officer were killed after a five-hour long gun battle. The attackers reportedly broke through three checkposts at 2.30 am on Thursday morning and climbed a nine feet wall strung with barbed wire to break into the base. The airbase was...
02:16 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Islamabad: Two trainer aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force collided mid-air and crashed into a thickly populated area in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing four pilots and injuring at least five persons on the ground, officials and witnesses said. Residents of Rashkai area in Nowshera district said the aircraft collided before plunging into two houses. The walls and roofs of the houses collapsed and debris from the aircraft lay...
11:51 AM, May 17, 2012
Islamabad: The new chiefs of ISI and Pakistan Air Force on Monday assumed office, a day ahead of a crucial parliamentary session that will determine the contours of the future relations of the country with the US. Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam went to the ISI headquarters at Aabpara in Lucknow to take charge as the new Director General of the powerful spy agency. He replaced Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, who...
05:12 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: The daughter of an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, who was killed when a Pakistan Air Force combat pilot shot down his civilian aircraft during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, has 'forgiven' her father's killer. Forgiving former PAF pilot Qais Hussain, Farida Singh - daughter of IAF pilot Jahangir Engineer - said her father would have liked the apology to bring a spark of forgiveness between the people of...
11:13 AM, Aug 12, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday activated its air defence radars on the western border with Afghanistan. PAF said that the radars had been activated as all foreign forces in Afghanistan are considered threats. PAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleiman, however, claimed that the radars were not jammed during the raid by US Navy SEALs operation in Abbottabad to kill al Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama...
01:14 PM, May 10, 2011
The jet is a lightweight, all weather and day-night multi-role fighter. ...
04:51 PM, Nov 23, 2009
Pak's air force chief claims Indian surgical strikes seemed imminent. ...
02:04 PM, Mar 29, 2009
India's Air Chief says Pak's acquisition of additional F-16 jets may upset the balance of power in South Asia. ...
05:22 PM, Oct 05, 2006
IAF says Pakistan Air Force has a clearly defined goal of attaining parity with IAF with help from China and US. ...
09:06 PM, Sep 29, 2006
