SAUDIS SEEK PAKISTANI ADVANCED TRAINER

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia is said to be in the advanced stage ofnegotiations for the purchase of Pakistan's new fighter-jet trainer. Pakistani as well as Gulf defense sources said Islamabad and Riyad havebeen negotiating for the Saudi purchase of Super Mushshak training aircraftto the Saudi Royal Air Force. The sources said the two countries have beendiscussing for more than a year the prospect of Saudi procurement.