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ISLAMABAD — China has agreed to provide 50 JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan, a major outcome of a visit by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to Beijing this week, Pakistani officials said Thursday. China and Pakistan have jointly produced the JF-17 aircraft, but the new planes would be equipped with more sophisticated avionics, the officials said.
Gilani’s visit to Beijing served as a pointed reminder of Pakistani suggestions that the government might seek to recalibrate U.S. relations, using China to offset what many here view as an overdependence on Washington.
