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India did certainly operate F27’s, though not anymore.
As another factoid, an Indian F27 named Ganga played the leading role in an Indo-Pakistan flap back on 30th January 1971.
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PIA is still operating 7 Fokker F-27's on very low density domestic network. Average age of these pioneers is 30+ years 
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Long in the tooth as the old girls may be, the F27 was no blot on Dutch Aviation’s escutcheon. If anything it burnished the escutcheon. 581 aircraft built (excluding the 206 close related ac built by Fairchild) and some of those still in service 50+ years after maiden flight, is a respectable record.
Are the F27’s of the PAF and PN also being replaced ?
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Last year PIA ordered 7 ATR-42-500's to replace them, first aircraft is due in May this year.
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ATR-42-500's?
I thought the PIA F27 replacement deal was going with Saab 2000 to bulk up the PAF’s Saab 2000 / Erieye deal with the DHC Dash 8 being the outside contender.