{"id":17757,"date":"2026-01-08T06:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=17757"},"modified":"2026-01-08T06:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:16:40","slug":"riyadh-to-purchase-jf-17-fighter-jets-from-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/01\/08\/riyadh-to-purchase-jf-17-fighter-jets-from-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyadh to purchase JF-17 fighter jets from Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Pakistani sources have confirmed that discussions are ongoing between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia regarding a deal for the JF-17 fighter jets, which are jointly manufactured by Pakistan and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news was reported by the analytical news agency &#8220;Pakistan Defense Forum,&#8221; citing two unnamed credible sources on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the sources, Pakistan is seeking to convert a $2 billion loan from Saudi Arabia into a contract for selling JF-17 fighter jets to the Kingdom. The total value of this contract is expected to be $4 billion, with the remaining $2 billion allocated for the procurement of equipment to manufacture the jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report indicates that if these discussions succeed, military cooperation between Riyadh and Islamabad will deepen and become operational a few months after the signing of a defense pact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sources also mentioned that Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan of Pakistan&#8217;s Air Force has traveled to Riyadh to engage in discussions with Saudi counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, Reuters reported on these ongoing talks between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, citing reliable sources. The JF-17 Thunder aircraft are lightweight combat jets co-developed by Beijing and Islamabad in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Pakistani sources have confirmed that discussions are ongoing between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia regarding a deal for the JF-17 fighter jets, which are jointly manufactured by Pakistan and China. The news was reported by the analytical news agency &#8220;Pakistan Defense Forum,&#8221; citing two unnamed credible sources on Wednesday evening. According to the sources, Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17759,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17757\/revisions\/17759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}