Monitoring Desk: Indus Shield-Chinese, a bilateral module of Exercise Indus Shield 2024, being conducted separately between Chinese and Pakistan forces has concluded at an operational air base of Pakistan Air Force. The exercise witnessed participation from People’s Liberation Army Air Force of China, with its personnel and high-tech equipment comprising AESA Radar and Long Range BVR Equipped J-16 & J-10C fighter aircraft, Lethal HQ-22 Surface to Air Defence system, Potent Airborne Electronic Warfare YTG-9 Platform, alongside KJ-500 Airborne Early Warning system pitched against PAF’s J-10C and JF-17 Block-III fighter jets simulating contemporary aerial combat scenarios. The successful execution of such a large-scale exercise demonstrates the Pakistan Air Force’s joint operational readiness among allied nations while addressing contemporary security challenges. Aimed at validating interoperability between China and Pakistan in the face of contemporary air combat challenges and by simulating various military tactics…

Islamabad, Pakistan: “One of the challenges we face is that a segment of people misuse tourist visas to seek jobs illegally, or, in some cases, individuals with criminal records manage to slip through the system. This creates trust issues and impacts genuine travelers”. This was observed by Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, the Ambassador of Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in his interview with Dispatch News Desk (DND) News Agency Islamabad. Ambassador Tirmizi believes that unskilled Pakistani labor as well as highly skilled and educated people such as bankers, IT professionals, doctors, engineers, and businessmen have positively contributed to the progress and development of the UAE. Ambassador Tirmizi whose door is open to every Pakistani living in UAE believes that the Embassy should act as the “home of every Pakistani living in UAE instead of only a residence of the Ambassador”. Hereunder is the text of his interview: Question: Your Excellency, Pakistani students studying in UAE, as well as the diaspora at…