Qatar seeks to buy Pak jets, training aircraft

Qatar wants to wants to buy JF-Thunder fighter jets and Mushshak training aircraft to deepen military cooperation with Pakistan, the Gulf state's defence minister said here today.
Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah called on Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed bilateral ties, according to an official statement.
"We are desirous of buying Super Mushshak and JF-17 Thunder aircraft from Pakistan and also want to set up military cooperation and production of equipment in Qatar with the assistance of Pakistan and Turkey," said the defence minister adding that Qatar sees Pakistan as a strategic partner.
"With the assistance and cooperation of Pakistan, we want to improve our military hardware to be prepared for the uncertain threat of terrorism prevailing in the region," he said in the meeting.

Qatar would be establishing training academy for countering the unconventional enemy of terrorism and would be seeking services and expertise of Pakistani instructors to impart training courses there, he said.
He said that Pakistan and Qatar can set up joint ventures for undertaking defence-related manufacturing.