In a bind over UAE-Israel ties, Pak has eye on the 'prize': F-35 jets

It is well known Israel would welcome diplomatic ties with Pakistan and feelings of a section of the Pakistani military, an Israelogist at the School of Oriental and African Studies observe

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) establishing full diplomatic relations with the predominantly Jewish state of Israel — only the third Muslim Arab country to do so after Eqypt and Jordan — has raised questions in academic and diplomatic circles as to whether Pakistan will follow suit. And if it does, will the US reward it with a fleet of F-35s — its fifth-generation stealth fighter jets?

A Pakistani diplomat who was close to the late Benazir Bhutto revealed that when the latter was out of power and attempting to make a comeback, American officials met her over dinner and told