Pakistan postpones purchase of F-16 aircraft from US

Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that Pakistan would postpone the purchase of F-16 aircraft from the United States but stressed that the country remained fully alive to its security concerns.

"I am going to postpone that (F-16s purchase)...but while we want to carry out massive relief and reconstruction effort, the other important issue is the security concern of Pakistan," Musharraf said while visiting Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir to express solidarity with the earthquake survivors.

"So, we will never do something that jeopardizes one or the other -- both have their own importance," he added.

Source: Xinhua