Senate Standing Committee to seek funds for PAF

The Senate Standing Committee on Defense, that is announcing Pakistan Air Force as absolete and antique, has asked the government to issue essential finances for making it a lively, youthful and contemporary force.

The committee was told that due to the Ministry of Finance, many defense projects were in complete still stand. During this, a meeting of the defense committee, presented by Chairman Javed Ashraf Qazi, was held at the Parliament House on Saturday, in which Secretary Defense and Production Israr Ghuman, along with heads of Defense production department were present at. The committee was informed on performance of the departments and their problems.
Chairman Committee stated to the media after attending the media that the defense departments have not been issued necessary funds by the Finance Ministry due to which many projects are lying in anticipation of its start.
As stated by him, many projects of the Pakistan Ordinance Factory, including the manufacturing of JF-17 Thunder Fighter jets, are lying pending. The A5 planes have started by substituting the JF-17 thunder fighters, and will soon start to exchange for the mirage fighter jets. He also stated that 18 new JF-17 thunder fighter jets would be manufactured this year, and that the Air force, at present, has a high amount of 30 to 40 year planes. The F-16 planes however are also 20 to 25 years old, which means that there is no critical need to turn the force into a lively and youthful version of itself.
He said that the defense production departments are not financially liberated, but have their own boards, and they require authorization from the Finance Ministry before any conclusion can be made, and this process can take a very long while. They even need permission from the Finance Ministry to display their products at air shows and international presentations, and that is often not granted.
Everything these department earns is deposited in the national exchequer, and these departments are therefore pretty much money making organizaitons.
The choice to call for the heads of all departments of defense and Finance ministry officials has been made by the committee that became aware of the circumstances.
He stated that Pakistan’s defense sector is making a lot of progress in terms of technology. The wireless defense systems of Pakistan are now advanced enough to block frequency jammers of the enemy.