RISALPUR: Air Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Chief of the Air Staff, today [May 31] expressed the confidence that the firm bonds of friendship between the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan would further strengthen ... and their collaboration in activities of mutual interest would increase. `The Pakistan Air Force will continue to assist the UAE and all our Muslim brothers to the best of our ability,` the Air Marshal declared while addressing the graduation parade at the PAF Academy... . Among the distinguished guests witnessing the impressive parade was Prince Shaikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al-Nahiyan, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Defence Forces, who watched a group of UAE cadets pass out along with Pakistani flight cadets.

The Air Marshal said it was a matter of great pride for the PAF that it had been associated with an important phase of training of UAE pilots. ... The Air Chief observed that while the international scene was fast changing its complexion small countries like Pakistan which had been victims of aggression in the past could not afford to lower their guard and put at stake their hardearned freedom. News agencies