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AWACS by Oct: PAF : Pakistan will not be intimidated, says Gen Kayani

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not be terrorised and God willing the army will succeed in its anti-Taliban efforts, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said at his visit to a training area for troops in Lahore on Thursday.

During his visit Kayani condemned Wednesday’s suicide attack in Lahore where besides police, five defence personnel including a lieutenant colonel were martyred.

Also on Thursday, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said the ‘drone issue’ could be countered but a policy decision on the subject had to be taken by parliament and the government.

Talking to reporters after addressing a graduation ceremony at Risalpur Academy, he said during the 2001-02 Indo-Pak standoff, the PAF had shot down an Indian drone, which had infringed upon Pakistani territory.

To another question, the air chief said the PAF had the capability to absorb any modern technology to defend the territorial jurisdiction of the country.

The air chief said acquisition of spying satellite and AWACS by India had created an “imbalance in the power” in the region, in response to which, Pakistan would get an Air Warning and Control System (AWACS) by October.

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