Pakistan has approved the purchase of an unspecified number of F-16s fighter jets from the United States, a cabinet minister said.
"The federal cabinet on Wednesday allowed the purchase of F-16 aircraft from the United States," Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told Agence France-Presse.
It has also approved the purchase from China of a batch of FC-10 fighters and some JF-17 thunder jets being jointly built by Pakistan and China, Rashid said.
The number of fighter aircraft and the cost of the deals were not disclosed.
President Pervez Musharraf delayed the purchase last November following the earthquake which killed more than 73,000 people in its zone of Kashmir and North Western Frontier Province.
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This will lead too an interesting Air Force.
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