Fact Check – U.S. & Pakistan Defense Deal

December 14, 2025

Fact Check

U.S. & Pakistan Defense Deal

Padmini Arhant

When social media outlets are primarily set up for propaganda to create firestorm, the credibility of such coverage and all included behind the disinformation pose a major factor in factual vs. fabrication.

The above defense deal $686 million package is Pakistan’s payment towards F-16 fleet to the United States that was frozen by the previous democrat proxy administration in 2022.  

Pakistan’s earlier defense procurement of  F-35 stealth fighter jets from the United States in requirement of upgrade request was also pending from the earlier administration.

The current U.S. Trump administration clearance of the back order and de freezing Pakistan’s payment of $686 million withheld by previous proxy administration on the F-16 generation 5 fighter jets is analogous to,

The U.S. democrat administration in 2012 – 2016 release of $100 billion to Iran that was frozen under Iran’s nuclear program contention with the west denying Iran any access to Iran’s funds tied to Iran’s nuclear development on uranium enrichment strongly opposed by Israel and western allies including some in the Middle East at that time.

Nonetheless, then democrat administration from 2009 – 2016, in the late second term released that $100 billion to Iran.

These are similar scenarios between administrations in releasing the sovereign funds of foreign nations withheld for political, economic and defense related issues. 

The U.S. provocation of India as purported by the above social media outlet is a reactionary headline triggering unnecessary controversy.

Padmini Arhant 

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