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pakistan air force news

Pakistan Air Force officer shot dead while trying to stop woman's abduction

The incident took place at Shaheen Chowk, a busy intersection under the jurisdiction of the Margalla Police Station.
Updated on Jul 06, 2026 01:49 pm IST

2 dead after Pakistani military plane crashes and bursts into flames | Video

Pakistan military jet crashes near Mardan, killing two; dramatic video emerges
Updated on Jun 15, 2026 05:25 pm IST

Pakistan military plane crash kills 2: A look at major air disasters in 5 years

Both pilots, Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Qasim Abdullah (Pakistan Air Force) and Lieutenant Taha Abbasi (Pakistan Navy), were killed in the crash.
Updated on Jun 15, 2026 03:59 pm IST

Pakistan Air Force training aircraft crashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2 killed

Both pilots, Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Qasim Abdullah (Pakistan Air Force) and Lieutenant Taha Abbasi (Pakistan Navy), were killed in the crash. A board of inquiry has been constituted by Air Headquarters to ascertain the cause of the accident.
Published on Jun 15, 2026 01:45 pm IST

Pakistan closes certain air routes for military exercises involving jets

The decision has been taken due to expected military exercises involving fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force, during which various sectors of the Karachi and Lahore FIRs.
Updated on Mar 03, 2026 04:23 pm IST

‘Pak pilot captured alive’: Afghan military says PAF jet ‘shot down’

Taliban security personnel stand next to an artillery gun near the border area in the Jaji Maydan district of Khost province on February 27, 2026
Updated on Feb 28, 2026 12:51 pm IST

Pak set to strike deal with Bangladesh on sale of JF-17 amid strengthening ties

A Pakistani Air Force JF-17 Thunder flies at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Published on Jan 07, 2026 10:13 pm IST

Pakistan likely to receive advanced air-to-air missiles from US

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir met with US President Donald Trump at the White House last month.
Updated on Oct 08, 2025 05:59 am IST

Bombing their own: India slams Pak after civilians killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Kshitij Tyagi, Counsellor at India’s Permanent Mission, speaking at the 60th Session of the UNHRC in Geneva on Tuesday.
Published on Sept 24, 2025 03:00 pm IST

Days after Trump-Munir luncheon, Pakistan Air Force chief visits US

Portraits of Shehbaz Sharif, Navy Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf (3L), Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir (C), Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Baber (3R) and Chief Minister of the country's Punjab province Maryam Nawaz Sharif in Lahore
Updated on Jul 03, 2025 06:52 pm IST

India lost fighter jets during Op Sindoor due to 'restrictions': Navy officer

The navy officer said India changed tack after the initial air losses to completely dominate Pakistan. (AP)
Updated on Jun 30, 2025 07:55 am IST

IAF to acquire more teeth through AWACS and mid-air refuellers

India to acquire six more Embraer jets for DRDO to mount Netra MK1 A airborne early warning and control suite.
Updated on Jun 10, 2025 07:04 am IST

Pakistan sought 48 hours, we finished job in 8: CDS Chauhan on Operation Sindoor

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan (ANI)
Updated on Jun 04, 2025 08:24 am IST

1971 to Operation Sindoor, a paradigm shift in warfare

Unprecedented in earlier conflicts, both India and Pakistan employed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones which reduced the need for manned incursions, offering low-risk high-impact options for strikes and reconnaissance (AFP)
Updated on May 18, 2025 10:33 pm IST

BJP calls out Pakistan deputy PM's ‘king of the skies’ gaffe, posts video

Pakistan's foreign minister Ishaq Dar in Jeddah on March 7, 2025.
Updated on May 16, 2025 05:59 pm IST

Pak minister falls for fake news while hailing air force, local media calls out

According to the Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check unit, the image circulating on social media claims to show the front page of The Daily Telegraph is AI-generated.
Published on May 16, 2025 01:44 pm IST

Following PM Modi's footsteps, Shehbaz Sharif visits cantonment in Sialkot

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) speaks while attending a passing out parade at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul, in Abbottabad.
Published on May 14, 2025 08:31 pm IST

Hours after India said it downed Pakistani jets, Islamabad's bizarre admission

Muridke: A view of a damaged Markaz Taiba, Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) training centre, caused by India's precision missile strikes. (Reuters Video/ANI)
Published on May 12, 2025 10:00 am IST

‘Pakistani jets shot down during Operation Sindoor’

Air Marshal AK Bharti, Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, Vice Admiral AN Pramod and Major General SS Sharda attend a press briefing at the National Media Centre in New Delhi n Sunday. (REUTERS)
Published on May 12, 2025 05:18 am IST

Pak airspace closed for all commercial flights at Lahore, Islamabad airports

The Karachi airport, also called Jinnah International airport, is reportedly still operational.
Published on May 08, 2025 06:27 am IST

Op Sindoor: Indian embassy cautions Chinese daily against posting Pak claims

A site of Indian armed forces' strike in Bahawalpur, in Pakistan. (Indian Army)
Published on May 07, 2025 05:33 pm IST

Pakistan forces conduct drills, deploy Chinese howitzers along India border

The Pakistani Army is trying to show its combat readiness amid tensions with India and its apprehensions of a war after the Pahalgam attack.
Updated on May 01, 2025 08:46 pm IST

Post 370 Kashmir has no place for UN office

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Srinagar: The United Nations (UN) office, seen on a winter morning, in Srinagar, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Published on Jan 09, 2025 10:18 am IST

Pakistan strikes alleged Baloch separatist hideouts in Iran

Pakistan in retaliatory strikes hit hideout camps of Baluch separatists. (Purported visuals of the strikes)
Updated on Jan 18, 2024 10:24 am IST

HAL hands over first LCA Tejas twin-seater aircraft to Indian Air Force

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari receives the LCA Tejas twin-seater trainer aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited CMD CB Ananthakrishnan in Bengaluru.
Updated on Oct 04, 2023 12:55 pm IST

Punjab: Old bomb found in Mukerian fields

The bomb was found in the fields of a farmer in Dharampur village of Mukerian sub-division on Wednesday. (File photo)
Updated on Jun 08, 2023 12:10 am IST

After Jaishankar's 'not fooling anybody' jab, US responds on F-16 aid to Pak

An F-16 fighter jet (File image)
Updated on Sept 27, 2022 03:47 pm IST

Taliban warns Pakistan over airstrikes, says 'don't test patience of Afghans'

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Pakistan should not test the patience of the people of Afghanistan.
Published on Apr 17, 2022 03:04 pm IST

2 Pakistan Air Force pilots die as training aircraft crashes near Peshawar

2 Pakistan Air Force pilots die as training aircraft crashes near Peshawar. (Representational photo)
Updated on Mar 22, 2022 09:24 pm IST

Pakistan, Turkey are two countries but one nation: Pak Air Force chief

Pakistani Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan speaks to Nigerian security personnel in this file picture.
Published on Jan 18, 2021 04:42 pm IST