House panel defers hearing on F-16 deal with Pakistan

Source URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1742944,0005.htm
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A key panel of the US House of Representatives has postponed a hearing to review the $5.1 billion arms package, including F-16 aircraft and weapons systems, offered to Pakistan for America's global war on terror.

The 50-member House Committee on International Relations, headed by Republican chairman Henry Hyde, was due to hear John Hillen, the State Department's Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Thursday on the deal notified by the Pentagon on June 28.

Unless stopped by Congress within 30 days, Pakistan will get 36 new F-16C/D fighter aircraft, 200 sidewinder missiles, 200 air-to-air missiles, 500 kits for ground-attack satellite-guided bombs and 36 advanced pilot helmets that can display targeting information on the visor.

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