Pakistani officials said they have been offered a range of new Chinese military equipment, including fighter jets and air defense systems.

Pakistan has boosted defense spending despite battling severe economic challenges. Pakistan and India recently witnessed a major flare-up in violence, the worst since the rivals' last open conflict in 1999,

Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said the chance of revival of an armed conflict between Pakistan and India is remote even as he warned that his country would give a befitting reply in the case of any such development.