Pakistani Thunders over Paris

The JF-17 Thunder was developed jointly by Pakistan and China, by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group. Since its introduction in 2007, Pakistan remains the only operator of this jet, but Beijing and Islamabad are aggressively marketing the plane to third world countries, including Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nigeria.

Three Pakistani Air Force (PAF) JF-17Thunder fighter aircraft will be taking part in the Paris Air Show opening at the Paris Le Bourget airport next week. This Chinese-Pakistani fighter jet will participate in the daily flight demonstration. It will also be on display in the ground exhibit.

China and Pakistan are promoting the J-17 as a low-cost alternative to more advanced and expensive combat jets. The aircraft has been proposed to a number of countries in Asia and Latin America but has not yet scored export sales. Among the prospective clients still on the table are Bangladesh, Nigeria and Myanmar. China and Pakistan have demonstrated the aircraft at various international air shows, including the Farnborough Air Show in the UK, the China Air Show in Zhuhai, and air shows in Turkey and Dubai.

The JF-17 Thunder was developed jointly by Pakistan and China, by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group. Fifty planes have already been delivered and comprise two PAF fighter squadrons. Production of the follow-on Thunder JF-17 Block 2 variant began in 2013. Aircraft of this model are currently being assembled at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. Pakistan remains the only operator of this jet. Thunder Block 2 is equipped with an aerial refuelling probe and advanced avionics suite, improved cockpit ergonomics and updated Electronic Counter Measures (ECM), and can carry a wider range of ordnance.

From 2017 the Pakistani Air Force is expected to receive the third variant – JF-17 Block 3, to be equipped with a new, Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. This lightweight, all weather, multi-role fighter jet will become the mainstay of the PAF, as it plans to replace its ageing fleet of fighter aircraft with JF-17s. These are designed to carry out both air-to-air and air-to-ground strikes, and can be fitted with beyond-visual-range (BVR) missiles.

Another view of the JF-17 in China. November 2014. Photo: Tamir Eshel, Defense-Update

Source: http://defense-update.com/20150608_jf17thunder.html

Pakistani Inventors - 9 Inventions of the recent years

These are not sorted in any order.

1. Fertilizers With Non-Explosive Materials

Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/789493/pakistani-firm-makes-ied-proof-fertiliser

Recently a Pakistani fertilizer company Fatima Group invented a new formula to make fertilizers that cannot be converted into bomb-making materials. Previously, Fertilizers with ammonium nitrate, however, can easily be converted into bomb-making ingredients.

2. Successful Brain-Silicon Chip Connection

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwoYZmm3prU

Dr. Naweed Syed is the first scientist who managed to "connect brain cells to a silicon chip". This Pakistani helped the world achieve a great milestone by proving the theory on Snail brain cells. This discovery will significantly help in the research of integrating computers with the human brains in order to assist people monitor vital signs control artificial limbs, correct memory loss or vision impairment.

3. Sagar Veena

Source: https://sanjannagar.wordpress.com/sagar-veena/

The Sagar Veena, use in classical music, was developed completely in Pakistan over the last 40 years by Raza Kazim at the Sanjannagar Institute, Lahore.

4. Human Development Index

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index

Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq devised the Human Development Index in 1990 in order to move the focus of development economics to people centered policies from national income accounting.

5. Lavatory That Transforms Human Waste into Charcoal, Minerals, And Clean Water

Source(s): http://www.bbc.com/news/business-19873478 , http://www.riazhaq.com/2012/08/british-pakistani-wins-reinvent-toilet.html

Pakistani researcher at Loughborough University, Sohail Khan designed a lavatory that converts human waste into biological charcoal, which can be burned, and clean water.

6. (c) Brain, One Of The First Computer Viruses

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_%28computer_virus%29

This virus was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in 1986 in Lahore, Pakistan to discourage piracy of the software they had made.

7. The Ommaya Reservoir

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ommaya_reservoir

Developed by Ayub K. Ommaya, the Ommaya reservoir is a system used for injecting the medicines into the cerebrospinal fluid for treatment of patients with brain tumours.

8. Pleuroperitoneal Shunt, Endotracheal Tube

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayed_Amjad_Hussain

A Pakistani American doctor from Peshawar Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain, Pakistan invented the Pleuroperitoneal Shunt and a Special Endotracheal Tube tube to supply oxygen during fiber-optic bronchoscopy in awake patients.

9. A Software Simulation To Reduce Death Rate In Bomb Blast

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/31036/learning-from-suicide-blasts/

A Pakistani computer scientist, Zeeshan-ul-Hassan Usmani, has introduced a Software simulation based on blast forensics designed by that claims to reduce deaths (on average) by 12% and injuries by 7% merely by altering the way a group of people stand near an expected suicide bomber.

Ahmed Khattak : Built a $35M Company Selling Unlocked Phones

In 2004, Pakistani born Ahmed Khattak arrived in America, his intentions – to play squash for Yale University and take an advantage of the full academic scholarship which the university offered. Arriving at a new territory, Khattak’s prime concern was to buy a cell phone through which he could keep in touch with his family in Pakistan. He was however disappointed that no one would sell him a cell phone, reason -  Khattak had no Social Security number nor established credit to get a cell phone service contract.

Fast forward a few years, in 2007, the Yale student stayed briefly in London United Kingdom for an internship. While in Europe, Khattak observed that Europeans had the alternative to use cell phones free of contracts. He compared this to what applied in American – “I thought, why can’t America be like this?”. That right there was his eruka moment!

In March 2010, Ahmed Khattak launched GSM Nation with friend Junaid Shams, a student at George Washington University. They started with $150,000 of their own and families’ money, plus free office space and support from the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute. In the first year of operation, GSM Nation grossed almost $9 million and in its second year over $35 million. For 2012, Khattak expects to gross over $50 million in sales!

http://creativityturf.com/2012/12/04/ahmed-khattak-built-a-35-million-company-and-growing-selling-unlocked-phones-and-mobile-devices/