Foreign minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri on Tuesday said Pakistan would take a final decision on the purchase of 61 F-i6 aircraft by next year, after studying needs reconstruction of quake-devastated areas and international assistance it has received.
Talking to newsmen here at Chaklala airbase after seeing off US Vice-President Dick Cheney, he said, the government would complete its assessment by next year and take the final decision.
He said estimates would take into account expected expenditures on the reconstruction and rehabilitation of quake-affected areas and the international assistance the country received.
Kasuri said only then the country would decide about the number of aircraft it would acquire and when.
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