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Bangladesh has expressed a "potential interest" successful procuring JF-17 Thunder combatant craft from Pakistan, the subject said connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026).
The JF-17 Thunder is simply a multi-role combat craft jointly developed by China and Pakistan.
Pakistan claims that the combatant pitchy has proved its combat capabilities during the four-day subject struggle with India successful May 2025.
The improvement came during a gathering betwixt Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu successful Islamabad connected Tuesday (January 7).
“The gathering focused connected strengthening operational practice and organization synergy, with accent connected training, capableness building, and collaboration successful aerospace advancements,” Pakistan military's media helping Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said successful a statement.
"Detailed discussions were besides held connected the imaginable procurement of JF-17 Thunder aircraft," it said.
The combatant pitchy has proven its combat capabilities during the caller struggle with India, the connection claimed.
Mr. Khan was starring a high-level defence delegation. During the meeting, Mr. Sidhu briefed his Bangladeshi counterpart connected PAF's caller advancements and reaffirmed Pakistan's committedness to supporting the Bangladesh Air Force done a broad grooming model from basal to precocious flying and specialised courses across PAF institutions, it said.
The Bangladeshi delegation besides visited cardinal PAF facilities.
Mr. Sidhu besides assured fast-tracked transportation of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft, on with a implicit grooming and semipermanent enactment ecosystem, the connection said.
The determination follows warming relations betwixt Islamabad and Dhaka aft changes successful Bangladesh’s governmental enactment successful August 2024.
According to the ISPR, the Bangladeshi Air Chief praised the PAF’s combat grounds and expressed involvement successful benefiting from its operational expertise, seeking assistance successful attraction enactment for Bangladesh Air Force's aging fleet and integration of aerial defence radar systems to heighten aerial surveillance.
“The sojourn underscored the beardown humanities ties betwixt Pakistan and Bangladesh and reflected a shared resoluteness to deepen defence practice and physique a semipermanent strategical partnership,” it said.
Bangladesh gained independency from Pakistan successful 1971. Dhaka and Islamabad person sought to physique person ties since the installation of the Muhammad Yunus-led authorities successful 2024, pursuing the ouster of past Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League.
Relations betwixt the 2 countries had been peculiarly strained aft the past Hasina authorities successful 2010 initiated trials of collaborators accused of aiding Pakistani forces during the 1971 Liberation War.
