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Islamabad appoints new minister to beef up support for defence exports

Shehbaz Sharif, who has just been elected prime minister for the second time, has appointed a new defence production secretary tasked with backing Pakistani defence groups' export efforts, particularly in the Gulf.

Pakistani naval industry makes Saudi inroads

Former Saudi naval officer Ali Alwabel and his firm Saudi Business Links are helping steer Karachi Shipyard towards mega-contracts with Riyadh's burgeoning naval industry.

Beijing prospects Gulf states via Pakistani defence firms

Chinese state-owned companies are involved in a number of military production projects with Pakistan's defence industry and are taking advantage of this to boost their export offer.

The Agencies' Gazette
Fate of Minsk's ex-Spetsnaz officers, Imran Khan's defence, Hamas financing

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

BelarusPTSD rife among freed ex-Spetsnaz officers

PakistanImran Khan splits military opinion

United StatesDNI forced to probe possible financing of Hamas via US aid funds

The Agencies' Gazette
USAID, US interference control, French military intelligence, DNI's Asia-focused OSINT, Richard Barlow

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

BelarusWashington appoints new Office of Transition Initiatives representative

United StatesIntelligence keeps watch of foreign funding for universities

FranceDefence intelligence agency to monitor French veterans working for foreign companies

United StatesDirector of National Intelligence's Asia-focused OSINT

United Kingdom/Pakistan/United StatesAnother Richard Barlow in the Pakistani diplomatic sphere

Fearful of Indian infiltration, Pakistan's ISI steps up university surveillance

Convinced that New Delhi's attempts to recruit academics from its universities are on the increase, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has tightened its security protocol.

Miran International, supplier to Pakistan's embattled intelligence services

At a time when Pakistani intelligence services are facing increasing security threats, Karachi-based Miran International's business is booming.

Islamabad prepares to receive Turkish Akinci observation drone in Murid

The Pakistan Air Force is getting its Murid air base ready to take delivery of Akinci drones from Turkey's Baykar, which will bolster airborne intelligence operations around Kashmir.

Pakistani veterans lead race for contracts as defence ties with US relaunched

Sales agents are redoubling their efforts to benefit from current favourable defence relations between Washington and Islamabad. Among them, Pakistan Aviation & Aerospace has won a contract to act as the local representative of Texan helicopter manufacturer Bell.

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Rapidev takes Pakistani electronic warfare know-how to UAE

Pakistani military electronics distributor Rapidev is hoping to make a splash on the UAE's stand at the IDEX trade fair in Abu Dhabi, where it will be marketing unbranded technology from Pakistan's National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC).