By USMAN ANSARI
ISLAMABAD — According to a report by the Senate’s standing committee on defense released Thursday, the Pakistan Air Force has suspended its upgrade and development plan due to a lack of funds.
The report quoted Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique, head of the air force, that no funds had been received from the federal government for the Air Force Development Plan 2025 (AFDP2025) since the 2007 election of the Bhutto clan’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which recently suffered a landslide electoral defeat.
Rafique also said the air force has only received 60 percent of its allocation from the defense budget.
As a result of cash shortages, the air force was forced to abandon a number of projects involving upgrades to aircraft, bases and other facilities.
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