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Pakistan considering to buy used F-16 jets from Jordan

As Islamabad was unable to buy 8 advanced fighters from the US because of a financial row

Pakistan army chief asks US to bomb Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan

General Raheel made the demand during a high-level meeting with Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan

Future drone strikes will be detrimental to ties, Pakistan tells US

Two sides also held discussions on bilateral relations, regional security situation and the Afghan peace process

Ensure territory not used for planning attacks in India: US to Pakistan

Pakistan was one of the issues discussed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama

Pakistan unlikely to meet its 2018 exports target of $35 billion: Report

The nation's projected 10.7% growth in exports for this year is far short of the required annual earnings

Pakistan Plan seeks high growth as IMF loan nears end

Gross domestic product is forecast to expand 5.7 per cent in the year starting July 1 on higher infrastructure spending

Pakistan opposed to UNSC expansion

Maleeha Lodhi said that adding new permanent members would in fact have the opposite effect

Pakistan not taking action against LeT, Haqqani network: US

Terrorist groups, such as Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-e-Insaniyat foundation, were able to raise funds and hold rallies in Pakistan

Pak army chief dubs US drone strikes regrettable

He said that it is a threat to the sovereignty and security of the country

Pakistan in talks with Russia for buying MI-35 attack helicopters

Soviet Russia had banned sale of military hardware to US-allied Pakistan after Cold War period and Afghan war in 1980s

JF-17 capable enough to meet our defence needs: Pak minister

It is a lightweight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft, and can meet country's defence challenges said the minister

Pak defence experts worried over India-Iran-Afghan alliance

Two former lieutenant generals spoke at seminar on 'National Security, Deterrence and Regional Stability in South Asia'

Pak can strike Delhi in five minutes: Abdul Qadeer Khan

Pakistan could have become a nuclear power in 1984 if then president General Ziaul Haq hadn't 'opposed the move'

Pak military was unaware of US drone strike: Tariq Fatemi

Pakistan does not have the technological means to detect drones, says Tariq Fatemi, special assistant to Pak PM

Nuclear-armed Pakistan can 'target' Delhi in 5 minutes: A Q Khan

Father of Pak's nuclear programme Qadeer Khan said the country could have become a nuclear power as early as 1984

Marco Rubio criticises Pakistan's blasphemy law, says it 'encourages' violence

Said the blasphemy law also marginalises religious minorities in the country

Pak religious body permit 'light beating' for wives defying husbands

It suggested that a beating is also permissible if a woman does not observe Hijab, interacts with strangers, speaks loud and provides monetary support to people without taking consent of her husband

Pakistan to buy AW139 helicopters from Italy's Leonardo-Finmeccanica

Pakistan already operates 11 AW139 helicopters

Elements in Pakistan military have worked with Taliban: Royce

Congressman Ed Royce says that elements in Pakistan military and ISI have 'shown willingness' to work for Taliban

Pakistan misses economic growth target by a wide margin

The most worrying aspect of the year was a 0.19% negative growth by agriculture as a whole against the target of 3.9%