Pakistan seems to be diversifying its sources of arms procurement, it seems. With India and Russia going through a “velvet divorce”, Russia is going to be supplying Pakistan some pretty advanced fighter aircrafts. Pakistan is also going to go towards some other European nations to procure other heavy defence equipment.
All these developments are being followed by carpetbaggers. One of the latter, related to a former defence minister, is reportedly going to make a killing as commission on some of these deals.
The more things change….
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With the operation in Karachi against the MQM having turned its direction to the PPP, many in the Punjab were worried if the League was to be next in the crosshairs of the military, especially after NAB Punjab chief’s press conference.
Some within the League, however, aren’t too worried. The Rangers’ mandate is for terrorist cases (and their funding.) For all its ills, the League isn’t involved in that, at least. But, remind the others, neither was PPP.
All a bit muddled at the moment but there certainly doesn’t seem to be much ground for the military to go on an offensive against the League. At the moment.
