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Latests News: Air Jet Crashed In Balochistan

KARACHI: A Pakistani fighter jet crashed in the south of the country Tuesday while on routine training but the pilot ejected safely and there were no casualties on the ground, an air force official said.

The French-built Mirage jet took off from the Pakistan Air Force’s Masroor Base in Karachi and crashed near the town of Uthal in southwestern Balochistan province, air force spokesman Squadron Leader Mohammad Nadeem told AFP.

Uthal is around 60 kilometres west of Karachi.

“The pilot ejected successfully and safely,” the spokesman said, adding the cause of the accident would be determined after an investigation.

No loss of civilian life or property was reported on ground, he said.

It was the second Mirage aircraft crash in the region in a month. A Mirage-V crashed on May 11 while its pilot ejected safely as well.

The Pakistan Air Force has a fleet of Chinese aircraft including F-7PGs and A-5s, plus US-built F-16s and French Mirages. It recently acquired JF-17s Thunder jets, manufactured jointly by China and Pakistan.

India-US Defense Talks

India-US Defense Talks To Focus On China

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta holds talks Wednesday with his Indian counterpart which are likely to be dominated by NATO's planned exit from Afghanistan and China's growing power.

Panetta's two-day visit to New Delhi is part of a tour of the region that has stressed Washington's strategic shift to Asia, with US officials portraying India as an anchor for the new approach.

In talks Tuesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Panetta "underscored the link India plays between East and West Asia and how the United States views India as a net provider of security from the Indian Ocean to Afghanistan and beyond", his press secretary George Little said.

Panetta will meet Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday before giving a policy speech at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses.

In his talks with Antony, Panetta was expected to discuss NATO's planned withdrawal of combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 as well an expanding arms trade and joint military training between the two countries.

Indian officials are worried the departure of most of the US-led force could leave a dangerous vacuum in Afghanistan, and question if the Kabul government and its fledgling army will be able to fend off Taliban insurgents.

US officials said Panetta was encouraging India to play a more active role in Afghanistan, despite Pakistan's deep suspicion of its arch-foe's motives in the country.

Earlier on his nine-day tour through Asia, Panetta unveiled plans to shift the majority of the US naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020, a symbolic step meant to signal US determination to preserve its influence in the face of a rising China.

Beijing said Monday the US naval plan was "untimely" and called on Washington to respect its interests in the region.

The tilt towards Asia is designed mainly as a way to check China's role, particularly in the contested South China Sea, reinforcing US diplomacy in support of smaller nations locked in territorial disputes with Beijing.

The US administration views India as a counterweight to China, though in public statements senior officials insist the new strategy is not meant as a challenge to Beijing.

Panetta's visit follows India's successful test launch in April of a new missile capable of delivering a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in China, marking a major advance in its military capabilities.

India views the rocket, which has a range of 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles), as a boost to its regional power aspirations and one that narrows - albeit slightly - the huge gap with China's missile systems.

India is investing in military hardware to modernize its armed forces, and the United States has become one of its major arms suppliers, with $8.5 billion in sales over the past 11 years, according to the Pentagon.

Panetta's trip coincides with two weapons deals that are close to being wrapped up.

India has agreed to buy 145 howitzer guns from the US unit of British arms group BAE Systems in a deal worth $560 million. And India is close to clinching a $1.4 billion agreement to purchase 22 Apache attack helicopters manufactured by Boeing, US officials said.

Passengers In Bhoja Air Flight B4-123

List of passengers and cabin crew of Bhoja Air flight B4-123 that crashed at Koral Chowk on Islamabad Express Highway in Rawalpindi.

Passengers in Bhoja Air flight B4-123:

1.     Abbas Ali
2.     Abida Javed Malik
3.     Adeel Chughtai
4.     Aiman Ikram
5.     Altamash Khan
6.     Anisa Akbar
7.     Anum Hussain
8.     Asif Aftab
9.     Asmaa Ahmad
10.     Ataur Rehman
11.     Azizur Rehman
12.     Baqir Mehdi
13.     Bibi Hameeda
14.     Chand Baboo
15.     Chd Faiq
16.     Dilshad Kamaal
17.     Dr Abdul Qadir
18.     Dr Asadullah
19.     Fahira Laiq
20.     Farah Sajid
21.     Fatima
22.     Fehmeeda Zubair
23.     Ghulam Farooq Qasmi
24.     Ghulam Rehman
25.     Gul
26.     Gul Faraz
27.     Gul Sharif Jana
28.     Gul Zaman
29.     Habibur Rehman
30.     Hafeezur Rehman
31.     Hafsa Chughtai
32.     Hafsa Shahid
33.     Haleema Sadia
34.     Hamida Khadima Baloch
35.     Haris Haris
36.     Husun Nisa
37.     Imran Waheed
38.     Irfan Ali
39.     Javed Akhtar Malik
40.     Javed Iqbal
41.     Kalo Abbasi
42.     Khwaja Raziuddin
43.     Liauqat Ali
44.     Masooda Begum
45.     Mishir Jan
46.     Mohammad Atiq Khan
47.     Mrs Mohammad Latif
48.     Mohammad Latif
49.     Moiz Sadiq
50.     Mrs Khalida
51.     Ms Yumna
52.     Muhammad Abdul Hafeez
53.     Muhamad Anwar Khan
54.     Muhammad Ashfaq Khan
55.     Muhammad Farooq
56.     Muhammad Irfan
57.     Muhammad Irfan
58.     Muhammad Qasim
59.     Muhammad Shahnawaz
60.     Muhammad Sohail
61.     Muhammad Younus
62.     Muhammada Abdullah
63.     Mujtaba Siyal
64.     Mukhan Jan
65.     Munawar Sultana
66.     Musarrat Shaheen
67.     Nadir Khan Fazaldad
68.     Nasreen
69.     Nazmeen
70.     Nighat Mehdi
71.     Nihaluddin Alvi
72.     Nisar Ahmed
73.     Nuzhat
74.     Qamar Aftab
75.     Qari Muhammad Abdul Rahman
76.     Rakh Shanda
77.     Rakhshanda
78.     Rashida Rehman
79.     Raza Ali Khan Feroz
80.     Ree Han
81.     SM Saud Ishaq
82.     Saba Amber
83.     Sadaf Baloch 84.Sadaf Tanveer
84.     Saeed Khan
85.     Saeeda Akhtar
86.     Sania Abbas
87.     Sarah Chughtai
88.     Sardar Shah
89.     Sarwat Mumtaz
90.     Shabbir Ahmad Awan
91.     Shahid Iqbal
92.     Shamima Abdullah
93.     Shazia Baloch
94.     Sobia Ubaid
95.     Suleiman Chughtai
96.     Sumaiyah Chughtai
97.     Syed Muhammad Amjad
98.     Syed Muhammad Rizwan
99.     Syed Omar Ali
100.     Syed Sajjad Ali Rizvi
101.     Syeda Amjad Shaheen
102.     Syeda Rizwan Sufia
103.     Tabbasum Sarwat
104.     Tabia Rehman
105.     Talat Mahmood Qureshi
106.     Tanveer Jan
107.     Tariq Mehmood
108.     Tasadouq Mahmood
109.     Tasneem Begum
110.     Tuba Shewar
111.     Usman Rahim
112.     Usman Rasheed
113.     Uzma Inam
114.     Wajat Abbasi
115.     Waji Ha
116.     Yasmin Muhammad Sultan
117.     Zaheer Shah
118.     Zahida Aziz
119.     Zaibun Nisa
120.     Zuhra Begum

Crew members of Bhoja Air flight B4-123:

1.     Captain Noor Afridi
2.     First Officer Javed Malik
3.     Head of Cabin Crew Ammad
4.     Flight Purser Ghazala Malik
5.     Air Hostess Princess Flavia
6.     Air Hostess Sanam Fareed

Passenger Threntens To Hijack PIA plane

An airliner was forced to land shortly after takeoff in Pakistan on Friday after a passenger made a hijack threat, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) officials said.

The domestic flight carrying more than 50 passengers and five crew had left Karachi on its way to the eastern city of Bahawalpur, a spokesman for the national flag-carrier said.

“Soon after the plane took off a passenger on board warned the staff that he could hijack the plane,” Sultan Hasan told AFP.

“The captain was informed of the situation, who returned the plane back after getting the nod from the control tower.”

The passenger was detained and handed over to security personnel for questioning, PIA said, and the plane was searched and found safe.

"Mein Hijacker nahin, Mein ney to mazaak mein Dhamki dhee thee", Passenger statement after arrest.

Pakistan’s aviation industry has been in the spotlight after a Boeing 737 of private airline Bhoja Air crashed near Islamabad on April 20, killing all 127 people on board.

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Bomb Blast At Railway Station In Lahore

Bomb Blast At Railway Station In Lahore

A Bomb blast in Lahore at railway station on 24th April 2012, there are two people killed and  almost 20 people injured. CCPO Lahore Aslam Tareen said  that 6 to 8 kg of explosives was used in the Railway station blast on Tuesday.

Media correspondent Amjad Sethi reports that windows around the platform shattered as a result of the blast.

One of the dead is reported to be a policeman.

One of the bodies is reported to have been severely damaged as a result of the blast.

One of the injured was reported to be serious. Two to three children and a couple of women were also injured.

The Blast took place five minutes after the Awam Express train stopped at the platform. The train had arrived from Karachi to head to Rawalpindi.

Pakistan Test Ballistic Missile

Pakistan has successfully test-fired long-range Hatf IV (Shaheen 1A) missile which is a nuclear-capable intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile on wednesday.

“Pakistan today successfully conducted the launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Hatf IV Shaheen-1A weapon system,” ISPR said in a statement.

According to a statement issued by the ISPR, the ‘Shaheen 1A’ missile is an upgraded version of the ‘Shaheen 1’ with a longer range.

Shaheen 1 is estimated to have a payload capacity of 1,000 kilograms and a range of 750 kilometers. The exact range of the missile was not revealed, but retired General Talat Masood, a defence analyst, told AFP intermediate range ballistic missiles could reach targets up to 2,500 to 3,000 kilometers away, which would put almost all of India within reach.

The test missile’s impact point was in the Indian Ocean.

The ISPR statement further added that Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai was also present at the test site.

Lieutenant General Kidwai congratulated scientists and engineers on the successful launch, and the accuracy of the missile in reaching the target and said that the improved version of Shaheen 1A would further consolidate and strengthen Pakistan’s deterrence abilities.

Pakistan’s arsenal includes short, medium and long range missiles named after Muslim conquerors.

Pakistan’s most recent missile test came last month with the launch of the short-range nuclear-capable Abdali, while in April 2008 it tested the Shaheen II, or Hatf VI, missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani congratulated the scientists working on the program over the success of the missile test.

The launch comes days after India announced that it had successfully test-launched a new nuclear-capable, long-range missile. The Agni-V has a range of 5,000 kilometers.

India’s missile test last week brought a muted international response, with China downplaying its significance, insisting the countries were partners not rivals, and Washington calling for “restraint” among nuclear powers.

This was in sharp contrast to the widespread fury and condemnation that greeted North Korea’s unsuccessful test launch of a long-range rocket on April 13.