F-16 supply unclear in foggy Pak-U.S. ties

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F-16 supply unclear in foggy Pak-U.S. ties

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The United States halts supply of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, sources tell Dunya News.

03 January,2012 11:03 am

A series of diplomatic crises over the past year that strained an already difficult partnership, is now heading into a new low, with the decision of U.S. to halt supply of F-16 jets to Pakistan. The U.S. Senate also on Thursday passed the National Defense Authorisation Act for the fiscal year 2012 with 86 senators voting for, and 13 against the bill, agreeing to freeze close to $700 million in aid to Pakistan.Both U.S. and Pakistani officials said the November killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a NATO airstrike and Washingtons refusal to outright apologize for the deaths has been a game changer in a relationship characterized by mistrust and mutual acrimony.