{"id":17790,"date":"2026-01-10T06:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=17790"},"modified":"2026-01-10T06:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:53:53","slug":"pakistan-seeks-to-sell-1-5-billion-in-weapons-and-fighter-jets-to-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/01\/10\/pakistan-seeks-to-sell-1-5-billion-in-weapons-and-fighter-jets-to-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan seeks to sell $1.5 billion in weapons and fighter Jets to Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: A senior former government official and three knowledgeable sources in Pakistan have confirmed that the country is finalizing a deal to sell $1.5 billion worth of weapons and fighter jets to Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Reuters on Saturday night, two of the sources, who wished to remain anonymous, stated that the contract includes the sale of 10 lightweight &#8220;Karakoram-8&#8221; fighter jets, 200 reconnaissance drones, and air defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aamir Masood, a retired senior military official from Pakistan and an expert on the agreement, indicated that the jointly manufactured JF-17 fighter jets from China and Pakistan may also be part of this deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of now, the final timetable and delivery schedule for these weapons remain unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Defense and the Army of Pakistan have not responded to requests for information regarding the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes at a time when Sudan has been involved in some of the bloodiest conflicts over the past two years between government forces and paramilitary groups known as the Rapid Support Forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: A senior former government official and three knowledgeable sources in Pakistan have confirmed that the country is finalizing a deal to sell $1.5 billion worth of weapons and fighter jets to Sudan. According to Reuters on Saturday night, two of the sources, who wished to remain anonymous, stated that the contract includes the sale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17791,"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\/17790"}],"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=17790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17792,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790\/revisions\/17792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}