Islamabad: Pakistan has inducted an advanced Chinese-made LY-80 (Lomads) surface-to-air missile defence system to secure its airspace from any sort of misadventure, an army statement said on Sunday.
Army chief General Qamar Bajwa said the defence system would enhance our capabilities to defend Pakistan, The News International reported, citing an Inter Service Public Relations release.
The mobile air defence system is capable of tracking and destroying a variety of aerial targets at longer ranges flying at low and medium altitude.
The army chief said the LY-80 LOMADS increases Pakistan’s response capability to current and emerging air defence threats. (IANS)
Saudi king arrives in Tokyo
Tokyo: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich nation in nearly five decades.
The 81-year-old king, who was greeted by Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito at Haneda airport, will meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday and as he kicks off the Japanese leg of a broader tour of Asia.
Salman, who will visit 83-year-old Emperor Akihito on Tuesday, is travelling with a lavish entourage estimated at over 1,000 people. Some 1,200 rooms at Tokyo’s luxury hotels have been booked by the delegation for the stay through Wednesday.
It was also reported that hundreds of limousines have been brought into the capital to accomodate the visitors. (AFP)
Landslide at Ethiopia garbage dump kills at least 24
Addis Ababa: At least 24 people were killed and 28 others injured in a giant landslide of garbage inside a trash dump on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, a city spokesman said on Sunday.
The landslide late on Saturday levelled more than 30 makeshift homes of squatters living inside the Koshe landfill, said Dagmawit Moges, head of the city communications bureau.
Many of the victims were squatters, who scavenged for valuables in the dump, he said.
“We expect the number of victims to increase because the landslide covered a relatively large area,” he said.
The Koshe site has for more than 40 years been one of the main garbage dumps for Addis Ababa, a rapidly growing city of some four million people. (AFP)