Myanmar in 'advanced negotiations' with Pakistan to licence-build JF-17 fighter

E-Paper | July 28, 2026

The governments of Pakistan and Myanmar are now in "advanced negotiations" to licence-build the JF-17, a single-engine multi-role fighter jet, IHS Jane's Defence Weekly, an independent defence news agency, reported.

Citing defence industry sources in Yangon and sources close to the Myanmar Air Force (MAF), the defence news outlet said that if an agreement is reached, Myanmar would be able to significantly expand its local defence industry.

The JF-17 Thunder aircraft, jointly developed by China and Pakistan, can carry 8,000lbs of ordinance on seven external hardpoints, which is an adequate amount of ordinance for any mission profile. The JF-17 is powered by a Russian RD-93 afterburning turbofan, which has a top speed for Mach 1.6. It also enhances the much needed capability of the air force in beyond visual range (BVR) engagements.

As the MAF prepares to phase out its obsolete fleet of F-7M Airguard and A-5C Fantan combat aircraft that it purchased from China in the 1990s, licensed production of the JF-17 Thunder would possibly revamp MAF's defence power over the coming decades, a Jane's analyst says.

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has at least 70 of the fighter jets currently in service, with the first ones having entered service in 2009. Expectations are that the PAF will induct up to 150 JF-17 Thunder fighters in the coming years.

The first of 16 imported JF-17s ordered by Myanmar are expected to go into service with the MAF later this year.

DawnNews reached out to the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Pakistan Air Force. However, all three declined to comment.

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Maverik

Feb 08, 2017 08:13pm

Alhamdolillah. Its a proud moment for Pakistan. Haters are going to say a thousand things, but fact of the matter is that JF-17 is a resounding success. Well done PAF and PAC.

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Mohammed

Feb 08, 2017 08:16pm

So we will deal with a country which kills innocent muslims!

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Abbas

Feb 08, 2017 08:22pm

I hope this news is no true as Myanmar has burned hundreds of Muslims and raped women on the name of religious identity then why we should call ourselves Islamic Republic if we can not defend other Muslims even morally.

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EMp

Feb 08, 2017 08:23pm

We shouldn't deal with people who massacre Muslims.

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The end is near

Feb 08, 2017 08:23pm

Unfortunately Pakistan will still remain a poor country because of the deep-rooted corruption and injustice.

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Ahmed Ashfaque

Feb 08, 2017 08:27pm

I hope that the thirst for money has not blinded our leaders from the acts of genocide committed against our rohingya muslim brothers and sisters. if this deal goes through, it will be a slap in the face of thousands of persecuted men, women and children, who have been looking for some kind of help by the global community, especially the muslim majority nations. These weapons will inadvertently be in some capacity used against these persecuted minority communities. This is insult to injury but then again, we are talking about a nation, bankrupt of its morals.

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Kashmir

Feb 08, 2017 08:25pm

I hope the discussions included the safety if Rohingaya Muslims.

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Ali

Feb 08, 2017 08:29pm

@Maverik -- R u sure - the Myanmar govt has been ruthlessly butchering Muslim rohingyas and we are providing them with fighter jets! pathetic is more apt.

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Ali

Feb 08, 2017 08:29pm

JF-17 Thunder has truly evolved to become the "best" fighter aircraft in its category. With upgrades and latest avionics for multi-role capability, JF-17 has proven its great agility in combat. JF-17s now equips three PAF squadrons and the elite CCS squadron. JF-17B dual-seat aircraft is ready to be inducted, this will greatly help pilot training and any extra weapons' requirements of other air forces. The JF-17 has proven to be excellent for air forces with budgetary constraints in Asia, Middle East and Africa.

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hoNEST OPINION

Feb 08, 2017 08:32pm

@Mohammed I agreed with you.

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Feb 08, 2017 08:36pm

Stay away from Myanmar but if you want to deal with them then use influence to help Rohangiya people.

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Khan

Feb 08, 2017 08:38pm

The only way we can encourage Myanmar to stop genocide is if we have leverage over them. This gives us leverage.

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Mahmood

Feb 08, 2017 08:40pm

Interesting, when Myanmar is in the news for butchering Rohyinga Muslims on an wholesale basis, burning down their villages and pushing hundreds of thousands into shanty towns in Bangladesh. Is Pakistan going to take a principle stand in solidarity with fellow-Muslims or deal with a government, whose president is on the record for scolding an aide for arranging an Interview with American TV network when it was revealed to her that the journalist was a Muslim!?U.N. Report Finds Violence Against Myanmar's Rohingyas Reaches New High, just yesterday: http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2017-02-06/un-report-finds-violence-against-myanmars-rohingyas-reaches-new-high Even the Pope has spoken out today in support of Rohyingas: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pope-francis-burma-myanmar-rohingya-muslims-genocide-claims-un-report-latest-a7568496.html I oppose such deals with a nation, where human rights, dignity of fellow-Muslims is being violated as we speak.

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ABE

Feb 08, 2017 08:44pm

@Maverik - 'Haters' who have conscience will always point out those who are greedy enough to feed their families with ill-gotten sources of money - even one which came over the blood of innocent Muslim men, women and children slaughtered by the parties we are dealing with. What price do you put on one innocent Muslim being persecuted and flee for his life from his village, if his only crime is that he's a believer??

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my Comments

Feb 08, 2017 08:52pm

Its ok to do business with Myanmar and supply them such equipment. However, Pakistan as an Islamic country must discuss discremination issue against muslims in Myanmar. If muslims do not help muslims than who will speak for them?

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Junaid

Feb 08, 2017 08:56pm

@Mohammed we already deal with a country that is responsible for millions of Muslims across the globe that is US

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Shah

Feb 08, 2017 08:56pm

@EMp .. It will be good diplomatically to lever Myanmar to be friendly with its Muslims. Talks are better than guns.

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Skeptic

Feb 08, 2017 08:59pm

@Maverik - How proud will you be when the same jet fighters are used to bomb villages of Rohyinga Muslims in Myanmar? Will you gladly watch videos the video clips with your kids, showing these jets dropping bombs on helpless Muslims and be proud to say "oh yeah, we sold those fighter jets to them. See how good the JF-17 is, and one bomb can kill a 1000 in 1 second"? Alhamdullilah indeed!!!

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point of view

Feb 08, 2017 09:00pm

Wow...Pakistani is selling jets to Myanmar who is killing Rohingya Muslims.

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M. Emad

Feb 08, 2017 09:02pm

Pakistan-supplied JF-17 fighter-bomber jets will be use against the Rohingas by MAF.

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Harmony-1©

Feb 08, 2017 09:05pm

@Mohammed - A Modi bhakt in disguise!

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Karachi walla

Feb 08, 2017 09:06pm

@Maverik ; I completely agree with your comments . As for rest of the readers, stop emotionally black mailing the nation based on your religious beliefs. People like you have held this country hostage for too long. Pakistan deserves a break. Just go away!

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Khan

Feb 08, 2017 09:10pm

No deal should be done with murderers. People should protest this deal.

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Harmony-1©

Feb 08, 2017 09:12pm

@Point of View - Come on...you are just saying that so you can sell your fighters instead. But I guess they didn't like yours!

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Khan USA

Feb 08, 2017 09:13pm

Same Burma which is killing Rohingya Muslims ? So that they will use these aero planes to bomb these innocent Muslims !

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Khan USA

Feb 08, 2017 09:15pm

Are we going to sell these planes to those countries which kill innocent Muslims ?

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KHIZAR JUNAID USMANI

Feb 08, 2017 09:18pm

Business aside, should we support a country in further torturing its muslim population?

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Tariq, Lahore

Feb 08, 2017 09:23pm

There should be no technology transfer. Just sales!

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Renegade

Feb 08, 2017 09:30pm

And religion came in the middle, to all who wrote that this deal should not happen, I give you a bitter truth the technology that you proudly use and carry it, came from those people / countries who have killed Muslims and non muslims.. But you did not say anything while buying it right! Go back to your ignorance corner

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Tiger

Feb 08, 2017 09:32pm

Come to India and buy tejas

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Netindian

Feb 08, 2017 09:38pm

In return for taking Rohinja refugees? Well done !!

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Mujtaba

Feb 08, 2017 09:38pm

This is the point where your country interest comes first. if Pakistan wants to succeed as a country it needs to do whats best for its interests, alot of people might comment on this post about what Myanmar is doing but to be honest they will do it anyway whether they have jf17s or not

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Syed Rahman

Feb 08, 2017 09:41pm

If we don't transfer the technology then others will. Pakistan is doing the right thing to keep them engaged. More leverage we have, more they will listen. On the other hand I am concerned how the profits will be used by our Motherland

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Vader

Feb 08, 2017 09:47pm

Hmmm so plight of rohingyas neglected

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anony

Feb 08, 2017 10:00pm

Excellent news. Long live Pak-Myanmar friendship.

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Aamir ehsan

Feb 08, 2017 10:02pm

I request all to protest against the brutalities of myanmar government

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Jawad

Feb 08, 2017 10:03pm

I read india is forcing its small neighbors bangaldesh,SL, Myanmar etc to buy their Tejas jets?? Lol

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Shehz

Feb 08, 2017 10:07pm

We sold them JF-17 Block-II in 2015. The new ToT deal now is for Block-IIIs, and is in advanced negotiation; meaning logistics, timeline, delivery, etc. The deal has already been done, we are selling to Myanmar. This is a good deal. Pakistan needs high tech sales to balance their loan payments - selling sugar, cement, and textiles do not pay loans. With JF-17 they will also have to pay for training, replace Raad and other missiles continually, and when they have to replace their tanks we will market the Al-Khalid then as well. This is economics, not religion or culture.

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Ayan das

Feb 08, 2017 10:10pm

i know most of pak people would not be happy .however actually it si good for pak in longer terms as a nation. National interest is more imp than religious interest .

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Mathai

Feb 08, 2017 10:13pm

The Jet engine will come to Myanmar from Pakistan via China via Russia ! (same with other avionics)

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SaeEds

Feb 08, 2017 10:16pm

@Skeptic For me Pakistan is first I don't care what they are doing to there own people and what religion they follow. Pakistan First.

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Shawn

Feb 08, 2017 10:28pm

It is not pakistan's job to look after all Muslims why r all other Muslims sleeping

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Shak

Feb 08, 2017 10:34pm

I appreciate people's sentiments regarding Myanmar's poor human rights record, but we have we done to protect the lives of Muslims and Non Muslims living in our country?

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Uzair

Feb 08, 2017 10:32pm

This will put Pakistan in much better position to twist Mayanmar's arm on humanitarian issues.

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Abhik Ray

Feb 08, 2017 10:32pm

@Maverik JF-17 is not a success. If it was the Chinese airfare would have had it for their airfare. There is no JF-17 in Chinese airforce. This plane was supposed to be shown in the Dubai airshow last year but was withdrawn at the last minute.

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Adil Jadoon

Feb 08, 2017 10:38pm

@EMp just muslims or anyone????

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Rahul

Feb 08, 2017 10:39pm

What about the Rohingtya Muslims?

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Ali

Feb 08, 2017 10:45pm

At what cost ? Rogunya Muslims ofcourse shame on us for our double standards

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Ramasubramanian

Feb 08, 2017 10:46pm

@EMp why do you differentiate people by religion. These are immature people killing a fellow human being and it's a crime against humanity.

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Starr

Feb 08, 2017 10:58pm

@Abbas It is the job of Banla Deshis to protect their ex-citizens.

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jasim

Feb 08, 2017 10:58pm

so they could target Rohingya muslims?

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Khan USA

Feb 08, 2017 11:01pm

@Tariq, Lahore Exactly ! None of the country transfer technology ! Learn something from US F 16 deal !

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Masood

Feb 08, 2017 11:14pm

This is business. Business has nothing to do with ideology. You don't sell them, they will get it from India or Israel. One cannot attach conditions with cash business. Now one could argue if Pakistan was 'donating' these jets. Then the morality of the aid can be discussed. Pakistan may have some leverage on the side after delivering the planes. Similarly we should purchase technology from Israel----for the advancement of Pakistan.

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Aziz

Feb 08, 2017 11:17pm

We already do business with countries that have alleged to have killed millions of Muslims ... USA, UK, China, Russia, France etc If the argument is that what is recent ... then Russian killing was oldest in Central Asian Muslims states but current one too ... in Checheniya. Similarly, others have a past too ... USA and China are among the fresh ones. I doubt about the argument that selling a few dozen planes will win some influence with the Govt in a highly competitive global arms sales environment ... where our buyer might win more influence over us than ours on them :)

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Jamil

Feb 08, 2017 11:29pm

@Ahmed Ashfaque I hope with this deal, the Pakistani government will have a leverage to impress upon the Myanmar government to find an equitable solution for the Muslims in Myanmar presently unfortunately being persecuted. Who knows this deal may have this condition.

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Jamil

Feb 08, 2017 11:38pm

@Khan We need to engage with Myanmar with incentives and put pressure on them to find an equitable solution of the Muslims in Myanmar ao that they are fairly treated.

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Make Pakistan great again

Feb 08, 2017 11:51pm

Pakistan should not deal with Myanmar due to its atrocities on muslim minority

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Foosh

Feb 08, 2017 11:52pm

We are nothing but bunch of hypocrites. Blame the west for abuse of Muslims but we are worse than anyone. First it was Bangladesh and now this. Have some principle, some honor. Say you got to protect your minority before any business deal. Honor before money. If not then do it in all spheres of life by recognizing Israel, etc. Else we are just hypocrites.

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A Pakistani

Feb 09, 2017 12:20am

This is a moment of rethinking for Pakistan. Myanmar being a big customer for Pakistani armory and planes is the reason that Pakistan is mum about attrocities committed by Myanmar government against Muslims there. Pakistan is not active on this issue neither in OIC nor in UN. What a shame.

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Love POLCE

Feb 09, 2017 12:37am

Every year 10 to 20 thousand Muslims are butchered in myanmar. Sad day.

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Zealot

Feb 09, 2017 12:54am

I FEEL WE SHOULD CANCEL THIS DEAL IMMEDIATELY But dealers in pakistan wont cancel this deal,as money talks everything else walks. Self interests exist everywhere. Sad NO SOLIDARITY,NO REUGE FOR POOR MUSLIM ROHINGYAS IN PAKISTAN. VERY VERY SAD!!!

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Akhileshwar

Feb 09, 2017 12:58am

Non-Muslims also bleed red. Be concerned about all oppressed people, not only Muslims.

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Princess_of_DHUMP

Feb 09, 2017 01:06am

@Mohammed Yeah. Just like we have dealt with India, US, Russia, China, Saudia Arabia, Iran etc

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Kvmahadevan

Feb 09, 2017 01:08am

Mr. Siddiqui l know the difference between ordinance and ordnance. Ordinance is an executive order in governance and ordnance is the firepower of ammunition stocks.

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Friendfromars

Feb 09, 2017 01:11am

Please negotiate on not to harm any Muslim in Myanmar, too.

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Deepak Kumar

Feb 09, 2017 01:14am

Okay... The other day you were saying something about Rohina Muslim

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jA-Australia

Feb 09, 2017 01:18am

@Karachi walla Concern for Rohingyas is not based on religious convictions, but on empathy and human rights. The United Nations lists the Rohingyas as probably the most persecuted community on the planet, and most of the UN people making that assessment are not Muslim. Any sale of JF-17 to Myanmar should have strict restrictions that they must NEVER be used on domestic targets.

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COOL DUDE

Feb 09, 2017 01:26am

Pakistan rules! Providing high tech things to rest of the world. People may not like it but Country has decided its future.

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SHAIKH MOHOMMAD

Feb 09, 2017 01:32am

It is shocking news! Have the Government of Pakistan lost its senses or do not live in this world? Muslims are being killed by the Government of Myanmar and the Muslim Governments are silent. It is really sad news. This action will bring a bad name to Pakistan.

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Saif zulfiqar

Feb 09, 2017 01:43am

@The end is near, Less corrupt than India that is why India has to demonitise their currency without advance notice.

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javed MiRani

Feb 09, 2017 01:47am

@Ka once they make sale then they can some leverage.

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Alba

Feb 09, 2017 02:42am

@Mohammed .... ... That is a 21rst century reality.

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Rehmat

Feb 09, 2017 02:51am

I think Pak Govt needs to think twice, this is the same regime that is committing a mass genocide of Roygnee Muslims. Until they stop and punish the guilty there should be no deal.

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AHaq

Feb 09, 2017 02:51am

Hopefully Pakistan will better relations with Mynmar will be in future helpful way to convince Mynmar to change its policy on Rohinga muslim minority. Mynmar needs friends to alter the balance of possible overly armed Indian threat in future to its West and Pakistan can help with the balancing act through developing military, cultural social relationship with Mynmar.

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M. AhmeD

Feb 09, 2017 03:43am

Why would you even consider working with that country. Don't you see they are killing Muslims.

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lootra

Feb 09, 2017 03:47am

@Harmony-1© Seems like you really admire Modi as you keep bringing him up in matters unrelated. Trying to hide something are we?

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Fareed N

Feb 09, 2017 03:52am

This trade of JF-17 fighter might open the door for further negotiations, including the plight of Muslims in Myanmar . If Pakistan does n't go along with the sale of the Jet fighters, Myanmar can go to other suppliers. Besides, this purchase will be good advertisement.

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Adil hussain

Feb 09, 2017 04:04am

@Mohammed Is pak has bidded for the safety of muslims all over the world.what about China which restricted Muslims from fast and ajaan during ramadan. It is the proud moment for pak that it's developed helicopter is word class and asked by Myanmar.

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Ahmar Saeed

Feb 09, 2017 04:18am

@Mohammed my thoughts exactly maybe money comes first....

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DHAKA

Feb 09, 2017 04:24am

@The end is near no so many campaign, awareness, accountability and transparency will decrease corruption

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truth

Feb 09, 2017 04:50am

what happened to roghinya muslims ????

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from Heart

Feb 09, 2017 05:36am

what about Rohingya Muslims!... this is not good development for Pakistan

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Hamaad

Feb 09, 2017 05:36am

@Mohammed do you really mean that?

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munster

Feb 09, 2017 05:39am

send them flowers instead !!

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Zeeshan

Feb 09, 2017 07:38am

@Ahmed Ashfaque 100% agree we have nothing more important then the life and respect of our beloved Muslim brothers and sisters in Islam !!! all Muslims must stand against this deal !

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Zeeshan

Feb 09, 2017 07:40am

@my Comments 100% agree we have nothing more important then the life and respect of our beloved Muslim brothers and sisters in Islam !!! all Muslims must stand against this deal !

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Zeeshan

Feb 09, 2017 07:44am

@Aamir ehsan 100% agree we have nothing more important then the life and respect of our beloved Muslim brothers and sisters in Islam !!! all Muslims must stand against this deal !

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Zeeshan

Feb 09, 2017 07:41am

@KHIZAR JUNAID USMANI we have nothing more important then the life and respect of our beloved Muslim brothers and sisters in Islam !!! all Muslims must stand against this deal !

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Hum

Feb 09, 2017 08:29am

@Jawad India never wanted them to buy , Tejas are now nut bolt to engine till avionics are made in India .india can't duplicate manufacturing elsewhere because spare parts are not from china or Russia and doesn't have large supply chain on its own . Because these are the type of aircraft both Tejas and JF 17 can not fight with mainstream crafts .creating large spare supply chain is not good because you have to evolve basing this as a first step..

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Fahad

Feb 09, 2017 09:38am

Pak should only focus to export the units rather to give license of production to any country . Production Licence of Present service technology / jets are not given until you get more advance technology. For instance USA has not licensed any of its latest technology jet.

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ALi

Feb 09, 2017 09:49am

Shame on GOP to even talk to Myanmar government over any trade or bilateral deals. A government which has violated human rights to an unspeakable extent.

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Rana

Feb 09, 2017 10:20am

At the end of the day, everything is business.. poor souls.

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majid

Feb 09, 2017 11:24am

@Masood true,,,,, wish our fellow countrymen were sane enough t understand ppl like you

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South Asia

Feb 09, 2017 11:40am

@Harmony-1© Tejas was just a practice to learn aviation tech. Now we are again developing our own Kaveri Engine to be used in the latest MMRCA Stealth jet to take off n 2019-20. Plus advance models of tejas models are due. For JF 17, it will not develop advance variants unless the Chinese don't do it.

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Saif zulfiqar

Feb 09, 2017 11:51am

@South Asia, Any country announces any new technology, India says we have already do one it. This only started to happen in BJP government.

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VALIYA

Feb 09, 2017 12:05pm

A lot of comments here accusing Myanmar for killing Muslims but nobody search the cause, there must be some reasons for the act.

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SAM

Feb 09, 2017 12:31pm

So all of a sudden our Indian friends start worrying about the Muslims of Myanmar. What about the Muslims of India?

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vendor

Feb 09, 2017 12:40pm

@Mohammed we are dealing with USA and India and other similar countries as well.. are we looking for international boycott?

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SID

Feb 09, 2017 12:44pm

Sartaj Aziz urges 'Muslim Ummah' to help Myanmar's Rohingya . Aziz indicated that the issue was no longer a domestic issue for Myanmar and that it transcended international borders. He urged Mynamar to respect international law and accept the Rohingya Muslims as the legal populace of Myanmar. DAWN - 20th Jan, 2017 .

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Salman Ahmad

Feb 09, 2017 01:10pm

Amongst the clauses of this deal from Pakistan's side, Clause 1. should ensure the immediate stop of atrocities against the Muslims in Myanmar and then something else. If in case that isn't the way the deal is being worked on, I hope it never goes through.

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Salman Khan

Feb 09, 2017 01:09pm

@Mohammed we should make a conditional deal with them

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Aqdas

Feb 09, 2017 01:13pm

Are we so desperate to sell the jet that we deal with myanmar? This deal will legitimize the Myanmar's Governments persecution of the minority group.A big NO.

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YoursTruly

Feb 09, 2017 01:31pm

Maybe these fighters could be used on Rohingya brothers and sisters. Why sell it to them? Misplaced priorities..

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Abdulla Hussain

Feb 09, 2017 01:32pm

Congratulations. Pakistan will not only supply aircraft but would also supply several other military hardware for Myanmar defense against intruders. Pakistan should also train Myanmar army and para military forces enabling Myanmar to secure their borders. Important of all, Pakistan will surely use its good office to convince Myanmar government to help stop the on going bloodbath of Rohingya Muslims, this action by the Myanmar government will surely add extra miles to the growing relationship between the two governments.

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Khan USA

Feb 09, 2017 01:40pm

A failed foreign policy ! Selling aircrafts to those who have committed crimes against humanity !

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M. Sadiq

Feb 09, 2017 02:01pm

Pakistan should put strict conditions on the sale of JF 17 equipment (like other world powers do to us) that these aircrafts would not be used against Rohingya Muslims.

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aks

Feb 09, 2017 02:03pm

this is bad for rohangiya muslims and paksitani muslim brotherhood supporters

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pashtoon

Feb 09, 2017 02:05pm

Pakistan can put pressure once it has strong relations with Myanmar. Good deal

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S. Islam

Feb 09, 2017 02:38pm

If this is true than it will be absolutely shameful and morally wrong of Pakistan gov and military to help a nation that is massacring fellow Muslims.

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s.B

Feb 09, 2017 02:35pm

why would we deal with a county that has no regarding for humanity?

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taimoor khan

Feb 09, 2017 02:59pm

These JF17s will protect Myanmar airspace for any Indian "Surgical strikes" in future. Good policy decision by Pakistan.

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Feb 09, 2017 03:02pm

@Maverik India is shopping to buy 230 single engine fighter planes. Pakistan should offer its JF -17 thunder to India and sell on their resounding success. With India, it will be all cash deal unlike Myanmar. Go for exports now.

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Ind

Feb 09, 2017 03:11pm

@Mohammed US and Russia have used million bombs against Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria so will u also not deal with them

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Ahmad Shah

Feb 09, 2017 03:11pm

Unlike Motorways/Metro bus etc, that can help change the country's fortune but only and only if the money is not stolen and is spent on uplifting the life standard of poor citizens by providing them with basic facilities eg clean water, education, accessible medical treatment and justice ....

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common & immaterial

Feb 09, 2017 03:33pm

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common & immaterial

Feb 09, 2017 03:37pm

@SaeEds then why so much of fuss over non-existent kashmir issue which is hindering relations with india. Why don't you figure out that with co-operation, india & pakistan can be far more stronger

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Ali Hassaan

Feb 09, 2017 03:43pm

What an irony, we are facilitating killers to kill more innocent muslims. Come on pakistan army dont embarass us. We being Pakistani are not part of this sin.

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vicky

Feb 09, 2017 04:13pm

Now what will happen to Rohigiyas....

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Wahid

Feb 09, 2017 04:24pm

Myanmar are systematically killing and torturing rohingya muslims,amd yet Pakistan is prepared to shamefuly armed them with fighter jets?!

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Shajid

Feb 09, 2017 04:33pm

Great, now myanmar will use this to kill Rohingya muslim. Now Myanmar will join the league of killing fellow citizens with fighter plane.

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ijaz

Feb 09, 2017 04:34pm

Soo much for the land of the pure. We seem perfectly happy to military deals with a regime that has murdered, maimed and rendered homeless thousands of Muslims. Bravo

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ijaz

Feb 09, 2017 04:35pm

@Junaid if USA is so terrible for Muslims why do so many Pakistanis want to loo go there?

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Zahir

Feb 09, 2017 04:48pm

@Khan probably the only sensible comment

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majid

Feb 09, 2017 04:53pm

@jA-Australia how can you dictate your such terms. This is a business deal,,,,,use your head.

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Sandy

Feb 09, 2017 05:10pm

Let me congratulate PAF & Defence Industry for getting JF-17 to a level where money can be/is being made. Having said that - Agree with some of the friends here that yardsticks around oppression seem to be blurred. Seems consistent that Economics always rules above other affiliations.

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M. Siddique

Feb 09, 2017 05:11pm

Improvement in the conditions of Rohingyas should be a precondition for any deal with Burma.

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Suleman

Feb 09, 2017 05:35pm

Myanmar Government is the killer of 1000s of our Rohingya Muslim brothers. One one side Pakistan is raise the voice of Rohingya Muslims and on the other hand selling Figher Planes to Myanmar government, who will use these fighters to kill our Rohingya Muslim brothers.

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Malik

Feb 09, 2017 05:39pm

@Khan Whatever. Are you blind to see what is reality

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Iftikhar Husain

Feb 09, 2017 05:38pm

Good news for Pakistan military aircraft industry.

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Hussam Mehboob

Feb 09, 2017 06:03pm

Perhaps leverage the situation to ameliorate the condition of Rohingyas? If only our foreign office knew how to be diplomatic.

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Justice

Feb 09, 2017 06:38pm

The government of Pakistan should read this report before making decisions selling weapons to Myanmar. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2017/02/09/Rohingya-refugee-from-Myanmar-They-cut-the-bodies-into-four-pieces/5221486585428/

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IShfaq

Feb 09, 2017 06:39pm

Guess they need the JF-17s to kill more Rohingayas.

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Marcus

Feb 09, 2017 06:43pm

@South Asia the world is bigger than India. What you guys do or don't do is none of our business.

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Wasim

Feb 09, 2017 06:46pm

I guess Everything has a price.

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AliPasha(USA)

Feb 09, 2017 07:51pm

It would be stupid and unwise for Pakistan to sell these fighter planes to Burma because of their genocide against the Rohingyas Muslims.

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zak

Feb 09, 2017 07:50pm

This deal was being negotiated over long period, this is only delivery. So far, 8 countries are inducting the J-17 Thunder into their air forces.

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Kaz kaz

Feb 09, 2017 07:51pm

Myanmar is killing thousands of rohingya Muslims. Its amazing to see Pakistan is selling war equipments to Myanmar !!!

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Azam A Siddiqui

Feb 10, 2017 09:27am

Purchasing and selling of armament needs expertise from different subjects.Pakistan should pursue a policy of enlightened self interest.This should be an area of Bangladesh responsibility.Other nations can give moral and material support.At this time condition of Bangladesh in economics is nearly as good as Pakistan.They should provide a helping hand.Other nations can help Bangladesh and Burmese in this regard.

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saqib mughal

Feb 10, 2017 02:25pm

@Kashmir highly unlikely. Our shy PM can barely construct a comprehensible sentence, nevermind one upholding a policy of justice and human rights.

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pathanoo

Feb 11, 2017 01:26am

You got to be kidding me. Mynamar in a licensed production of JF-17? Blind leading a Blind. This I want to see.

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pathanoo

Feb 11, 2017 01:27am

Is there even a Lathe Machine in Mynamar. Leave aside sophiticated machinery to make aircraft parts.

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shafi

Feb 11, 2017 05:18am

To those advocating putting a condition or clause regarding rohinya muslims, do you even know that with the greatest difficulty we were able to convince Myanmar to come to this stage? Do you want to derail this and lose our only potential customer? Are you serious? We are not trying to sell F16s or F35s here, JF 17 is something even the designer country doesn't want to use it for its own air force.

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Saad

Feb 11, 2017 06:31am

Hard fact but we have to accept that we are the most hypocrite people in the world. Close competition with our Arab brothers. In realty it's all about power and money, national interest and religion are only used to malign emotional fools in our country which we have in abundance. In all honesty we should avoid dealing with country that has no value for minority human rights. My bad, do we really care about minorities in our country?

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khan

Feb 11, 2017 07:17am

I think everything happens for a good reason. Pakistan should take this opportunity to sell the jets and at the same time convince Myanmar for stopping the genocide. If we could accomplish both things, this would be a win win situation.

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