A Chinese FC-1 Xiaolong (JF-17) during the exercise near Ladakh

Chinese J10 and Pakistani JF-17s are participating in an aerial exercise Shaheen around 300 km north of Leh city at a place called Hotan City, sources said

China and Pakistan are holding air-to-air war games close to the Indian border near Ladakh and the Indian Air Force (IAF) is watching it closely, the government sources said.

"Chinese J10 and Pakistani JF-17s are participating in an aerial exercise Shaheen around 300 km north of Leh city at a place called Hotan City," sources said.

The Air Force is keeping a close eye on the activities of the exercise for which the Pakistani JF-17 planes passed through the Skardu airbase in Gilgit-Baltistan area.

The Pakistanis have used the base after a long time to join the Chinese Air Force which has built several bases in the northern region with India.

China has been making incursions and transgressions in the Indian territory around Chumar and Demchok in Ladakh, claiming them to be part of its Tibet region.