Orions not to be replaced anytime soon: Public Accounts Committee
MNA Zahid Hamid presided over the the meeting of the PAC, held at the parliament house in Islamabad today.
Secretary Defence Production Lieutenant General Shahid Iqbal told the committee that no proposal for the purchase of new ‘radar aircraft’ was received adding that it will be difficult to procure new planes considering Pakistan's fragile relations with the US.
Earlier in May, terrorists had destroyed two P3C Orion planes parked in the PNS Mehran Base in Karachi in one of Pakistan’s deadliest terrorist attacks on a military installation.
Earlier last week the Pakistan Navy moved its main battleships away from Karachi, to another port in Ormara, Balochistan, as security threats continued, sources in the navy said.
The navy had sent its warships away from its main base in Karachi as a “precautionary measure” after a 16-hour siege of its main naval airbase, PNS Mehran. The commando-style gun and rocket-propelled grenade attacks had resulted in the destruction of two P3C Orion airplanes – which were key naval assets.
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ABBOTTABAD: The local bodies was a discovery of dictatororial system of government but it is not suiting with democratic set up.So our democratic set up should not allow such system in anyway to promulgate by governor of a province of motherland (Pakistan).The imposition of local bodies system is open hearted invitation to marshal law again which can sabotage the machinery and morale of the people as well.We must emphasis to support democratic rule of government but san corruption. Just wealth is being given to just few people they are creating hurdles and problems for the poor people of the society and to kill most of them. Thus such a system not required in Pakistan which a big Muslim state of world over.
@Dallas Ali: Oh I dont think so, another 5-10 yrs and they will be ahead! dont underestimate the Chinese.
@baldtree:
Get a grip!! China may some day come in par with US but not in our lifetime.
China can provide better and newer planes. Cook a snook at America!!
@Zafar, bhaijaan, you want to compete with an economy that is not two or three but 18 times bigger and growing? Lets have power in Pakistan and peace to allow some development work.
@zafar: Sure buy the Chinese crap, that incidentanly has American Avionics
@Menon:
Chinese themselves are using Russian hardware and planes like Sukoi30.Chinese maaal is only for pakistan.
Folks The P3c Orion are not COTS (commercial off the shelf) items. Without getting into classified information I laugh when people say "Why not get them from xyz country?"
US military hardware is light years ahead of rest of the world. One word to remember """""Abbotabad raid"""""""""" if we did not had the capability then OBL would had retired in peace like butcher that he was.
ABBOTTABAD:The Pakistanis were facing non secure leadership although such a biggest vacuum cannot be fulfilled in the centureis onwards too.
Every citizen's child is always looking forward to find bread and butter at the hand their dependent but they could not found any thing on various occasions.Is it a justice and its ruling class looked like silent spectator on road side but even then nobody could dare to donate even a single piece of bread in his hand so that he could survive. The rich segment of the society have no concept to donate their extra money inflation is an order of the day but for the poor they have no money at all so that they could not raise objection on their leadership or corruption any more.
The aloof people always found after money, but they never think even that they should contribute with other needy people so that God may feel pleasure and happiness onwards.
It is great vacuum in our society that we are always living after shelter to make ourselves deprived from bread because we dislike to put hands of weathy persons on our mouth like a bitter slaps.
Abdul Khaliq Qureshi, Senior Journalist Abbottabad-Pakistan
The poor people money like security gaurd posted in various banks of Pakistan should be recovered and such amount be given to the children of such poor security guards children. If it is not done then there would a revolutionary campaign against each coming government. We are facing unfortunate rulers they are involved in heinous crime of snatching bread of poor people but except that they have no other substitute remedy to act upon that. Abdul Khaliq Qureshi Senior Journalist Abbottabad-Pakistan
@Zafar. Pakistani cannot afford to provide its citizens with electricity. And you want it to buy the latest military technology?
Why not get it from China?
p3c orion is already an outdated aircraft.pakistan navy should try to purchase p-8 poseidons which the indians are getting.how long will we continue to buy outdated 30 year old technology like f-16's and p3c's.
Even if the USA decided to sell you Orion's it's doubtful you could operate them very long without American's to keep the equipment properly maintained -- your last batch of Orion's spent most of it's time grounded because you didn't know how to tune/maintain the sensors.