Posted on 29 December 2009 by PakBee - Total hits: 16,281
RAWALPINDI: Saab-2000 Awacs aircraft meant for aerial surveillance has been incorporated in the Pakistan Air Force fleet, Geo News reported Tuesday.
A ceremony in this connection was held PAF Kamra attended by Chief of Air Staff Rao Qamar Suleman as chief guest.
Addressing on the occasion, the PAF chief said Saab-2000 will enhance PAF capacity to combat the threats facing the country.
With this acquisition from Sweden, Pakistan on Tuesday became the second country in the region after India to have inducted the sophisticated surveillance aircraft in its air force.
The aircraft is fitted with the latest technology to detect aircraft flying at high and medium altitudes. With state-of-the-art system, it is also capable of detecting objects flying at lower levels over land and sea at extended ranges. The system is also capable of detecting surface targets over sea.
The Erieye system provides 300 degree coverage and has an effective detection range of only 300 km to 350 km. It uses a pulse Doppler radar with a fixed, wedge-shaped antenna.
“By virtue of these features, Pakistan Air Force would be able to boost its operational capability manifold by achieving requisite early warning for efficient and meaningful air defence of its airspace,” an official statement said.
As compared to Pakistan’s AWAC system, the Indian Phalcon system provides tactical surveillance of airborne and surface targets and helps gather signal intelligence. It is also capable of tracking fighter planes, missiles and ground forces from a distance of 400 kilometres and in all weather conditions.
Qamar said four-aircraft deal for Saab-2000 worth $866 million have been signed.
The PAF Chief said the PAF will receive 18 F-16 aircrafts next year.
Posted on 29 December 2009 by PakBee - Total hits: 6,144
Karachi shopkeepers were not involved in blast Help those who lost their loved ones & assets yesterday
After the aftermath of Yesterday 28th December 2009,Karachi ASHURA Suicide Bomb blast, some miscreant had burned down 2000 Shops causing Billion of Rupees Loss. These markets are the Oldest Whole-sale markets where from Chemical to other imported goods being whole-sales through out Pakistan.
The loss is bigger then the loss the SUCIDE BOMBER did, We ask every responsible Pakistani to come up & support our Karachi Shopkeeper who had served our Community since years of hardships and now its Our time to help our Brethren Shopkeeper to find them a way out of their Today`s Misery.
We also need to support our Trade-Community with Moral & Financial Help, the Bomber had affected 40-Families, and the angry mob had caused dogmatic losses to more than 2000 Families.
They need our Support Financially, please join us so we can support our suffering Trade-Community out of this Crises.
We request Youth & other Social Organization to step up and gather @ Bolton Market so we can access the losses they`ve countered, Bring Cameras with you if you have.
Posted on 28 December 2009 by PakBee - Total hits: 8,314
KARACHI: At least 43 people were killed and scores of people wounded on Monday after a powerful blast ripped through Karachi’s main Ashura procession at MA Jinnah Road.
Sindh Health Minister Dr. Saghir Ahmed confirmed Geo that 20 people were martyred in the blast.
The blast triggered stampede and panic among the mourners, who pelted stones at the police vehicles. Some eyewitnesses said they have heard some gunshots on the occasion.
The ambulances soon reached the blast site and shifted the injured to the hospitals, where emergency has already been declared.
Fire broke out after the blast in Karachi, fanning thick smoke into the sky, and people were running in all directions, an AFP reporter said.
Police sources said they are trying to confirm the nature of the blast.
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the blast that ripped through the main Ashura procession in Karachi.
In a separate message from London, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the bomb blast occurred at the Karachi’s main Ashura procession today.
Hussain appealed to the mourners to maintain calm after the blast
Posted on 24 December 2009 by PakBee - Total hits: 3,723
The landmark verdict of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has totally changed the political scenario of the country, giving way to discussions and debates by people belonging to various schools of thought and opinion. These discussions do not seem to be ending any time soon.
The full court of SC, through its verdict reflecting the wishes of the people, has given a message to the world that the judiciary of Pakistan is independent. For the first time a decision has received such widespread applause. The people are supporting the verdict in almost every forum and every section of the society.
The politicians are vowing not to let the process of democracy derail while the people are showing all out favour for the accountability of corrupt politicians and rulers. They want the plundered money of the country to be brought back.
But it is difficult for the people to digest when all the accused claim that their hands clean. The prices have sky rocketed while unemployment and poverty have increased even further yet these problems go unnoticed and unattended on the part of the people holding reigns of power.
Everyone is in favour of a transparent administration and a clean society. Everyone wants that any kind of confrontation between the institutions must be avoided in the larger interest of the country.
Are the country institutions heading toward any kind of confrontation?
Will the Supreme Court’s verdict pave the path for transparent accountability?
Posted on 24 December 2009 by PakBee - Total hits: 4,207
RAWALPINDI: The PPP Punjab President Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan and senior provincial minister Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan have declared that enough is enough and from now on, the party would adopt the course of confrontation instead of the traditional conciliatory policy so far adopted.
They said Kamran Khan, Shaheen Sehbai, Ansar Abbasi and Dr Shahid Masood should not become movers and shakers in politics. The hands of those who are attempting to demolish the government would be amputated.
They were talking at the PPP provincial secretariat in Lahore on Monday after presiding over the meeting of the party’s executive council, federal council, district presidents and general secretaries. They said right from the beginning our politics had been based on ideology.
They warned that those targeting the Aiwan-e-Sadr and residing in palaces built of glass would not be spared. They said the PPP had offered tremendous sacrifices for democracy and the country’s security. Now that we are in power it is because of the leadership of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari.
Raja Riaz said power to the PPP had not come through charity but because of a heavy mandate given by the people. Criticizing Geo TV channel, he warned Kamran Khan and Dr. Shahid Masood to avoid becoming champions of politics. The hands of those who tried to dismantle the democratic government will be amputated.
Expressing complete confidence in the party leadership Raja Riaz said the PPP is facing a media trial but everyone must know that the party and Pakistan are inseparable.
PPP leaders also criticised Shaheen Sehbai, Group Editor of The News, and Ansar Abbasi, Editor Investigations of The News for their writings. It was alleged that Ansar Abbasi writes an elegy every day.
Earlier while addressing the meeting, PPP Punjab General Secretary Samiullah Khan said the party of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed would not be run according to “Terey, Merey Mutabiq” but the aspirations of the people. Lambasting Geo television channel, he said out of the 841 NRO beneficiaries only one man and the Swiss case was being singled out. Samiullah said the PPP would resist if the judiciary oversteps its constitutional mandate.
The PPP Punjab President Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan warned each and every organisation to confine their activities within the given parameters. He said we are not afraid of jails or police stations as we consider them as medals. Rana Aftab lambasted the intriguers and others who had launched criticism of the party leadership and said henceforth they will be confronted with full force
