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Beyond the Gun Salutes, Rs3tr
MG News | September 06, 2026 at 10:35 AM GMT+05:00
September 06, 2026 (MLN): Before most of the country had fully woken up this morning, the guns had already spoken. 31 guns were fired in Islamabad, and 21 in each provincial capital as Pakistan marked Defence Day, commemorating 61 years since the 1965 war.
Radio and television are running the familiar reel: tributes to the Shuhada, salutes to the Ghazis, speeches invoking sacrifice and resolve. It is a script the nation knows by heart.
But this time, the number that actually matters to anyone with money in Pakistan was never meant for television. It surfaced three months ago, on June 12, in the fine print of the federal budget: Rs3.01 trillion for defence in FY2026-27, the largest allocation in the country's history, up 17.7% on the year, and the third consecutive year of double-digit growth.
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Photo Emerges of Pakistan’s 5th Changhe Z-10ME Attack Helicopter - Quwa
On 25 September, a photo emerged on Chinese social media of an apparent fifth Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) Z-10ME-02 attack helicopter undergoing test flights.
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Manufactured by Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC) and sold by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), the Z-10ME-02 is an upgraded variant of the Z-10. It features reinforced armour around the canopy and under the fuselage, improved sand and small debris filtration, revised engine exhaust, and improved electronics subsystems.
Currently, the PAA is operating two Z-10ME-02 attack helicopters in its fleet, with orders in place for an undisclosed number of units. However, inferring from the PAA’s past attempts at procuring attack helicopters in the early-2010s, the initial tranche of Z-10ME-02s seems to be in the range of 12 to 15 units. The PAA is likely planning for a total of 45-60 units.
Compared to the Bell AH-1F/S Cobra, which is the PAA’s current workhorse rotary attack platform, the Z-10ME-02 delivers significant qualitative improvements.
