Pakistan Tests First Indigenous Armed Drone, Laser Guided Missile

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has successfully test fired an indigenously-developed armed drone Burraq and Barq laser guided missile, the ISPR announced on Friday.

 

Pakistans' Home Made UCAV (Un-manned Combat Aerial Vehicle).

According to DG ISPR Asim Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif witnessed the test fire, which had impressive accuracy and multiplies capability against terrorists.

 

COAS Attended The "Moving & Static Target" Firing Tests:

 

The army chief commended the engineers and scientists involved in the development for their untiring efforts to acquire state-of-the-art technology.

According to Bajwa, General Raheel termed it “a great national achievement”, and added that it would add to the country’s existing anti-terror campaign.

Hand Over Fazlullah: Army Chief Set To Tell Kabul

General Raheel is traveling to the Afghan capital after security agencies found evidence that the Peshawar attack, which killed 141 people, including 132 children, was planned inside Afghanistan by the Mullah Fazlullah group. 

ISLAMABAD: Army chief General Raheel Sharif rushed to Kabul on Wednesday to deliver a warning to Afghan authorities to take decisive action against sanctuaries of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or else Pakistan would go for ‘hot pursuit.’

The army chief is accompanied by DG ISI and will meet his Afghan counterpart and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, as well as the ISAF commander to present evidence of the Peshawar massacre’s linkage with TTP sanctuaries in Kunar and Nuristan province.

DG ISPR Asim Bajwa tweeting details of the visit said the army chief will return to Peshawar after his visit to Kabul.

A security source told The Express Tribune that Pakistan would want immediate action against TTP hideouts.

“If Afghan authorities fail to act this time, we will explore all options, including hot pursuit,” cautioned the source.

Another official, however, hoped that unlike the Karzai administration, the current government in Afghanistan would stop supporting anti-Pakistan elements.

The official disclosed that General Raheel, during his talks in Kabul today, would seek the extradition of Mullah Fazlluah, whose group claimed responsibility of the dastardly attack on Tuesday.

Source: tribune.com.pk

Bugti Was Not Killed On My Orders: Former Pakistan President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf

Former Pakistan President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf said today, that slain Baluchistan leader Akbar Bugti was not killed on his direct orders.

 

Asked about the rumor that had he ordered rebellious Baloch leader’s killing in Murree while dancing, Pervez Musharraf replied, that anyone who has been to area can tell that a direct mobile link is not possible from the mountainous area where Bugti was killed.

He further clarified “army has command channels, a President cannot direct them adding that anyone who has little knowledge of military operations, will know that there were four army officers too in the cave and only four men cannot be sent to kill someone. It was a suicide or a firing incident, Bugti either fired rocket on army officers,” said Musharraf.

It must be noted that during Musharraf’s rule, a rebellious Baloch leader Akbar Bugti who remained in hiding, was killed when a shell allegedly exploded in the cave in which his camp was set.

An army operation was ordered against him; however the reason of his death is still a mystery.

 

Source: nation.com

PAF To Get Extra Military Hardwares From USA

A recent post from defence.pk suggests that Pakistan will get some crucial military hardwares from various US sources. These includes:

I. 8 Block 52+ F-16 C Fighting Falcons fighter

Pakistani F-16 Block 52+ Fighting Falcons.

II. 3 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate infographic.

III. Requested the sale of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to replace the AH-1F/S Cobras 

 

A devastatingly handsome (and lethal) beast, AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters.

It is likely that Pakistan will exercise the option for the total 18 extra F-16s or buy more surplus ones from the US. Many would say this as the diplomacy of the COAS, but still there something to observe.  Pakistan those AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters, because for both type of war scenario of Pakistan Army, in the east or north-west, they need these attack birds very urgently. 

Recently Pakistan approaches firmly with Russian firms to acquire Mil Mi-35 HIND-E attack choppers in a countable number from Russia.

 

General Raheel Sharif At Stanford University

General Raheel Sharif spoke at the Stanford University to a committee including scholars and academia like Dr Kiron Skinner and Dr Abraham Sofaer among others. 

 

 

He highlighted Pakistan's role in combating globalized terror and asserted that Pakistan is a nation of resilient people who have defended themselves at great cost.

Attack on Quetta Airbases

This is taken from The Express Tribune, August 16^th, 2014:

Lieutenant General Naseer Janjua showing weapons use by terrorists during attack on Khalid Base to Chief Minister Abdul Malik. PHOTO: ONLINE

So deep-rooted is the terrorist threat in our country that no one single action can demolish it. This was underscored by the attack that was carried out between the nights of August 14-15 on two airbases in Quetta by militants, armed with rockets, grenades and suicide vests. Rockets were fired at the Samungli and Khalid airbases, located within 12 kilometres of each other, as the militants, in what was quite evidently a carefully devised plan, fired rockets into them. Seven militants were killed, while seven security personnel were injured during the nine hours of fighting, led by the Anti-terrorism Force, to protect the bases. Quetta airport was also shut down. The attack, of course, follows a pattern we have seen before as other military installations and airports have come under attack by Taliban militants. 

 

COAS praises security forces for averting Quetta attack

While the security forces did well to prevent any actual penetration of the bases, the audacity and scale of the attack reminds us that the militants remain active and quite capable of striking, despite Operation Zarb-e-Azb. The military action in North Waziristan is obviously extremely significant, but on its own, it will not be enough to hold off the militants. We need to add more prongs to our strategy and use these collectively. This is especially true given that we face now a range of militant groups, who may — or may not — be operating under a single umbrella. In Balochistan, action against military targets inevitably leads to suspicions regarding the role of separtist groups. In the past, analysts have also warned of the danger of a nexus between them and Taliban-affiliated groups. The complexities of militancy in our country are many. The latest acts of violence in Quetta shows we are still a long way off from overcoming this menace. We need to think harder about how this can be achieved. Right now, terrorists have shown that they can strike in many places. Yes, security at key places has been tightened, but it is also imperative that militant outfits be defeated, so that our lives can return to something resembling normalcy without the sense of constant fear we currently confront.