By Mariana Baabar in The News, November 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reiterated on Thursday it had not sold any weapons to Ukraine or Russia. The allegations surfaced once again, this time in a BBC Urdu report, which claimed Pakistan sold weapons to two US arms firms, which were then sent onwards to Ukraine. The spokeswoman at the Foreign Office was asked during the weekly presser whether the BBC Urdu report indicated it was a fact that…
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Report in Dawn, November 15th, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan entered into agreements worth $364 million to sell arms with two private US military companies last year. These weapons were allegedly sent to Ukraine for its war with Russia, BBC Urdu has claimed. According to the report published on Monday, the contracts were signed with “Global Military” and “Northrop Grumman” for the sale of 155mm shells. According to the Pakistan Ordnance Factory, the shells could be fired from…
report in Intercept, Sep 18, 2023A recent report by US-based non-profit organisation The Intercept claims that Pakistan had secretly supplied arms that were eventually used to aid Ukrainian forces combat Russia amid the ongoing war. This indicates Islamabad’s indirect involvement in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. According to the Intercept, Pakistan is known as a production hub for the types of basic munitions needed for grinding warfare. Notably, some open source reports about…
report in Daily Mirror online, 28 Nov 2022 at 08:25 pmPeople in the North and East tend to leave the country due to the dire economic situation where some have gone to Tamil Nadu, Vietnam and Ukraine in the last six months. He told Parliament that some 302 Tamils have fled to Vietnam and seven to Ukraine. He said 85 of those in Vietnam have agreed to come back and said the Ministry would facilitate…