Anujan wrote:abhishek_sharma wrote:Poulomi Saha
Rephrasing with a saying from where I come from
if its any of the southern languages, do let me know.
Anujan wrote:abhishek_sharma wrote:Poulomi Saha
Rephrasing with a saying from where I come from
2. Twitter:Climate Change Minister Malik Amin Aslam said Indian jets bombed a “forest reserve” and the government was undertaking an environmental impact assessment, which will be the basis a complaint at the United Nations and other forums.
“What happened over there is environmental terrorism,” Aslam told Reuters, adding that dozens of pine trees had been felled. “There has been serious environmental damage.”
In response to @sherryrehman's question in Senate today about smog:
Smog is a major environmental concern in Pakistan. And we have to accept and acknowledge that it's connected to the unconventional warfare we're embattled in with our eastern neighbour, India.
I've been personally boycotting everything that comes from Pakistan as a matter of routine for decades. Sometimes I discover something is Paki origin after buying it, and when that happens ... I never make that mistake again. This doesn't require much effort, but none of my friends or relatives do this.Vips wrote:If we were to just target their Textile Industry, the impact will be huge. There should be a systematic effort to compete and undercut the Pakistani export capability by offering aggressive duty drawback and other incentives to our exporters. The pakis simply do not have the capabibilty to match that given that there is a huge outstanding back log of such incentives that the government there is not able to pay. It is offering promissory notes and bonds to exporters with little down payment and bulk of the outstanding to be paid over 24-48 months.
We should also now make sure that the GSP + preference facility that Terroristani textiles enjoy in the EU market is not renewed. India and Bangladesh allowed it last time in 2014 by not objecting to it and hence it was granted. When it comes up for renewal we should not allow it.
While Wg Cdr Abhinandan's shootdown of the F-16 is another story, it wasn't the first time a Pakistani F-16 has been shot down. That distinction goes to the Pakistan Air Force.
The event in question happened on April 29, 1987. Two PAF F-16As of the No 14 Squadron were diverted from their return to their base towards Miranshah, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. This was at the height of the joint campaign against the Russian presence in Afghanistan.
Their task was to engage a formation of four Russian MiG-23s that were carrying out a bombing operation in Afghanistan, on the pretext that the Russian aircraft were violating Pakistani airspace.
The two F-16s came in below the climbing MiG-23s, when one of them was hit. It turned out that an AIM-9P Sidewinder missile fired by the F-16 flown by then Wg Cdr Amjad Javed had hit the right wing of the other F-16, bringing it down. The F-16 that took the hit was flown by Flight Lieutenant Shahid Sikandar, who ejected safely and went on to retire as a Wing Commander.
Then too, as now, Pakistan attempted to cover up the embarrassment saying the F-16 had crashed due to technical difficulties. The event had caused concern in the top levels of the US government, over the vulnerabilities of the F-16 against Russian aircraft.
Investigations later revealed to the international community that a sensor that is supposed to identify if the target locked on is a friend or foe had failed to correctly identify it partner.
The Afghan Government said today that it had succeeded for the first time in shooting down a Pakistani F-16 jet fighter, which it asserted had intruded into Afghan territory.
The incident Wednesday was another sign of mounting air warfare at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border that has cost hundreds of lives in Pakistan this year and is stirring concern in Islamabad and Washington.
It also occurred at a time when Pakistan has asked the United States to sell or lease it advanced radar planes to help spot intruding aircraft. Such planes would be able to perform their task at some distance from the border.
Afghanistan said it shot down the American-made F-16 after two F-16's crossed the border at Khost district in Paktia Province in the border area southwest of Peshawar. It said the F-16's were at first warned and then fired upon by Afghan jets. Pakistan Reports Loss of Jet
Pakistan acknowledged that one of its jets had been downed but dismissed the Afghan version, saying that its planes had never violated Afghan airspace and were attacked in Pakistani territory.
The Pakistani authorities said the incident occurred Wednesday when six Afghan aircraft violated Pakistani airspace and two Pakistani jets intercepted them. They said one jet was shot down over the Pakistani town of Miram Shah. They said the pilot bailed out and landed in Pakistani territory uninjured. Islamabad also said the downed plane could have been either an F-16, which is one of the most advanced American-mad
While the exact details of the restrictions were discussed in a closed-door session, and thus remains classified, Miller then broadly outlined some of the restrictions, which he said were over a "dozen new and unprecedented elements" of the security plan for Pakistan.
Miller then told lawmakers that the security provisions also include semi-annual inventories of all F-16 aircraft equipment and munitions, including related technical data, and more frequent inventories for other systems. (It is official - Terroristan air force chief, the base commander at Chaklala and other fields that F-16's operate from and the pilots flying them have to bend in line holding the vaseleine jar atleast two times every year )
"There is a two-man rule, so to speak, for access to this equipment and restricted areas, and F-16 flights outside of Pakistan or participation in exercises and operations with third nations must be approved in advance by the United States government ," the then top State Department official said, according to the transcripts of the hearing.
A more extensive excerpt from Statement of John Hillen, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State to the Committee on International Relations of the US House of Representatives dating to 20 July 2006.Vips wrote:US seeks information on potential misuse of F-16 by Pakistan.
While the exact details of the restrictions were discussed in a closed-door session, and thus remains classified, Miller then broadly outlined some of the restrictions, which he said were over a "dozen new and unprecedented elements" of the security plan for Pakistan.
Miller then told lawmakers that the security provisions also include semi-annual inventories of all F-16 aircraft equipment and munitions, including related technical data, and more frequent inventories for other systems. (It is official - Terroristan air force chief, the base commander at Chaklala and other fields that F-16's operate from and the pilots flying them have to bend in line holding the vaseleine jar atleast two times every year )
"There is a two-man rule, so to speak, for access to this equipment and restricted areas, and F-16 flights outside of Pakistan or participation in exercises and operations with third nations must be approved in advance by the United States government ," the then top State Department official said, according to the transcripts of the hearing.
From here:The Administration very carefully considered the potential risk of diversion of United States technology and equipment, and we are taking appropriate steps to minimize those risks. Furthermore, the Government of Pakistan, including the Pakistan Air Force, has been extremely cooperative in responding to our concerns on the security of aircraft and technology.
I think we will discuss this in detail in the closed session further, but I would like to note a few things. First of all, the security plan greatly exceeds United States Air Force standards for our own security of these weapon systems. I know all the Members have great respect for the way in which our Air Force protects its security, but I would also like to highlight nearly a dozen new and unprecedented elements of the security plan for Pakistan.
We, of course, have had a U.S. Government security site survey of their bases and facilities. We have put into the deal that they must comply with the approved security plans for their F–16 related bases and facilities before we will release any systems in the sale. We will have a U.S. presence to monitor compliance with the security plan requirements. A very enhanced end-use monitoring program. Semiannual inventories of all F–16 aircraft equipment and munitions, including related technical data. More frequent inventories for other systems. There are separate and distinct and restricted areas for the F–16 aircraft equipment and munitions. And no mixing with third-country origin aircraft equipment and munitions, and all of this will be monitored. Routine access to F–16 aircraft and munitions is in restricted areas and limited to Pakistan Air Force personnel that are preapproved for such. There is a two-man rule, so to speak, for access to this equipment and restricted areas. And F–16 flights outside of Pakistan and participation in exercises and operations with third nations must be approved in advance by the United States Government. The maintenance is limited to remove and replace line replaceable units and shop replaceable units. And Pakistani Air Force personnel must perform the maintenance. No Pakistan contractors, industry, or third-country nationals. We have also mandated that the F–16 maintenance and parts storage must be in dedicated facilities. Also part of the overall surveillance plan.
KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), the apex regulator, has given the go-ahead for increasing the shareholding of foreign portfolio investors in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).
CheersForeign individual and institutional investors may now buy, hold or trade PSX stocks up to maximum 20% of outstanding shares estimated at around 800 million.
I am worried that there are some in bakistan who can see beyond their nose i.e H&D. What bakistan needs is more of the same till it fades into history.Peregrine wrote:No lessons learnt - Anjum Altaf
Modi is a sharper politician and is following the same strategy with Pakistan — no negotiations till the room for manoeuvre disappears. And we are helping him along. When two countries are developing at radically different rates, every day that passes weakens the negotiating position of the laggard till the only recourse left is capitulation or the madness of mutual destruction.
Policeman shot dead in Karachi’s Hijrat ColonyQUETTA: Winter is not quite done with Balochistan as on Saturday a deadly weather system brought with it heavy rains and snowfall in the province, leaving six people dead and over a dozen injured, officials said.
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A Frontier Corps man died in Bolan when the roof of his room collapsed because of torrential rain.
A police constable was killed in firing in Karachi’s Hijrat Colony on Saturday night. Twenty-eight-year-old Jehangir and other policemen were in the area for survey purposes before the launch of a combing operation, according to South SSP Pir Mohammed Shah. The policeman intercepted two men on a motorcycle. They instead opened on him and he was rushed to Jinnah hospital. He succumbed to his wounds at the hospital. He was deputed on an intelligence assignment at the Civil Lines police station.
I can only
Makes total sense. Musharraf made this major policy decision. Zardari made his major policy decision. Nawaz Sharif made this major policy decision. And now Dimran has made this major policy decision.In a major policy decision, Pakistan is set to take decisive action against all proscribed organisations as well as Masood Azhar
MAJOR POLICY DECISION BY WHAT IS LEFT OF PREVIOUSLY KNOWN COUNTRY AS BAKISTAN TO ACT DECISIVELY AGAINST TERRORISTS!!!!!
Bakistanis can have Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar and Kejriwal.Actor Kangana Ranaut, who advocated the destruction of Pakistan after the Pulwama attack, has suggested Indian films could be stopped from releasing in the neighbouring country in future.
The actor, in the eye of the proverbial storm for her controversial remarks after the February 14 attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in which 40 soldiers were killed, also indicated that releasing Indian films in Pakistan is not a "significant statement".
Kangana's film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi opened in Pakistani theatres on January 25, the same day it released in India.
Asked about the movie's release in the neighbouring country, the actor told reporters Sunday night, "When a film is distributed, they have the digital copy. (But) You can stop future releases."
"To get it back from them, we will have to send the army, which we had sent by air. But they didn't get my DCP (sic) back," she quipped in an apparent reference to Indian Air Force's air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on February 26.
Kangana had also come down heavily on actor Shabana Azmi and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who cancelled their trip to Karachi for a tribute to Kaifi Azmi, and questioned their decision to organise the event "in the first place when Pakistani artistes have been banned after Uri attacks".
She also said she would take the same route with the films she produces in future, adding "It's not that it (Pakistan) is a very big territory. It's almost insignificant".
Questioned on her remarks on Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar, the actor said the film's release in Pakistan was in accordance with the distribution and trade network and she had no say in the matter.
"The distribution and the trade was going like that... Obviously, I am not the minister in-charge of the trade of how things are happening in the country. But if you ask me, the sentiment of the country is very important, of the jawan families.
"Is it (not releasing Indian films in Pakistan) significant statement? No. These are just small steps. But if that's all we can do, we should."
In the wake of Pulwama attack, the makers of films such as Total Dhamaal, Luka Chuppi, Arjun Patiala, Notebook and Kabir Singh announced they would not be screening their movies the neighbouring country.
Following the Balakot air strike, Pakistan government called for a ban on Indian content, including films and "made-in-India advertisements" in the country.
Peregrine wrote: Imran Khan's response proves we hit the target in Balakot, says IAF chief - V Mayilvaganan
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After the high-altitude dogfight on February 27, parts of an AIM-120C advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (Amraam), which is only carried by F-16s in Pakistan’s combat fleet, was recovered from east of Rajouri in J&K. Claims that India “managed” to get parts of the missile, possibly of Taiwanese origin, were denied by Taiwan which said armaments in its use were not transferred to any third country.
From Taiwan News here:TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - A missile shown in a picture by India as having been fired by Pakistan using its F-16 fighter jets in a surprise attack this week actually belonged to Taiwan, according to Pakistani media reports, but the island nation’s Air Force said the identification numbers did not match. .................................
However, on Thursday, the Pakistani publication The Express Tribune reported the wreckage could have been part of a missile sold by the U.S. to Taiwan. The reporters tracked the identification numbers shown in the picture, AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM, to a U.S. Department of Defense list naming the missile as part of a US$2.38-million arms deal with Taiwan.
“How the wreckage of a missile sold to Taiwan ended up in the hands of an Indian military air vice marshal is something only New Delhi can explain,” The Express Tribune said.
The Air Force in Taipei said Friday afternoon that after checking the information, it had concluded that the identification numbers shown did not match any of its missiles, and were not compatible with any weapons systems in its possession, the Central News Agency reported. ..........