Pakistan Military

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Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. (File Photo)

AA EDIT | Pak general made war, then began peace pitch

Does this amount to a legacy? Time will tell

06 Feb 2023 12:55 AM

Pak’s military has been torturing people in its regimental centres without detainees having any recourse to fair trail.

Many tribals held illegally at Pak ‘horror chambers’

Hundreds of ‘suspected militants’ kept in secret detention cells.

08 Jul 2019 3:34 AM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that he was very appreciative of the Pakistani military's 'unprecedented voluntary initiative of stringent cuts in their defence expenditures' especially in light of the country's poor financial situation. (Photo: File)

Pak military voluntarily cuts defence budget amid crisis, Imran Khan applauds move

Imran Khan said he was grateful for the move that came 'despite multiple security challenges' that Pakistan faces.

05 Jun 2019 12:48 PM

Videos show IAF pilot bloodied, but composed and stoic

A video was released by Pakistan Army that showed the identity and related details of the captured Indian pilots.

28 Feb 2019 6:53 AM

Indian national Jadhav, 48, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017. (File Photo)

Pak committed to implementing ICJ's decision in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

Pakistan is committed to implementing the decision of the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case

15 Feb 2019 11:51 AM

The sources said five to six Pakistani intruders crossed the LoC and fired on Indian Army patrol in the Sunderbani sector. (Representational Image)

Army asks Pakistan to take back bodies of 2 intruders in combat uniform

Two heavily armed Pakistani intruders and three soldiers were killed Sunday in the gunfight after Army foiled an infiltration bid along LoC.

22 Oct 2018 6:50 PM

‘Will help people displaced from North Waziristan’

Pakistan Army has launched “Winning Hearts and Minds campaign” in North Waziristan.

17 May 2018 2:01 AM

Taha Siddiqui, who reports for France 24 and is the Pakistan bureau chief of Indian television channel WION, said the attempted abduction took place while he was being driven by taxi to the airport serving the capital Islamabad and the neighbouring, larger garrison city of Rawalpindi. (Photo: Twitter | @TahaSSiddiqui)

Pak journo working for Indian TV channel escapes kidnapping in Islamabad

Taha Siddiqui, known for criticising his country’s military establishment, said he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed men.

10 Jan 2018 6:28 PM

Pakistan Army refuses to ‘do more’ in war on terror

Director general Inter Services Public Relations, Major General Asif Ghafoor, said: “We cannot do more on dictation by any country.”

29 Dec 2017 6:22 AM

Noting that both the Pakistani state and civil society have become the targets of terror attacks, it said some attacks have occurred, with insider help, on sensitive military bases where nuclear weapons are likely stored. (Photo: AP)

‘Pakistan nukes surest route to nuclear war’

In the last four decades, the Pakistani deep state’s pursuit of low intensity conflict in Afghanistan and India.

27 Nov 2017 1:27 AM

No martial law threat in Pakistan, clarifies Army

The spokesperson was asked about Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal criticisism on his (General Asif’s) comments on the state of country’s economy.

16 Oct 2017 6:39 AM

In this file photo Linda Boyle, left and Lyn Coleman hold a photo of their married children, Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman, who were rescued by Pakistan Army on in an operation. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan Army recovers five foreign hostages

The communiqué said that the operation by Pakistani forces, based on actionable intelligence from US authorities, was successful.

13 Oct 2017 4:42 AM

Pak army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor

Kashmir separatists aren’t terrorists, says Pak Army

However, resistance in the Kashmir valley is an internationally-recognised freedom movement

22 Aug 2017 3:17 AM

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)

US fund cut may hurt Pakistan

Pakistan may see this as a temporary glitch in relations and it’s highly unlikely its stance on terror groups will change any time in the near future.

23 Jul 2017 12:00 AM

Trump plans to cut $100 million in funding to Pakistan

Pakistan is one of the largest recipients and has received $14 billion since 2002.

26 May 2017 6:28 AM

Jadhav, the 46-year-old former naval officer, has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for alleged espionage and subversive activities. (Photo: AP)

India welcomes ICJ verdict on Jadhav; says binding on Pakistan

The ICJ order is unanimous, favourable, clear and unambiguous and is a matter of great relief for people of India, the MEA said.

18 May 2017 8:15 PM

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Firmer response to Pak is unavoidable

Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy told a news agency on Tuesday that “surgical strikes have lost their meaning”.

03 May 2017 2:24 AM

Pakistan police officials. (Photo: Representational Image)

9 people killed in roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan: official

With few adequate medical facilities in the area, a Pakistani army helicopter evacuated the wounded to a nearby military hospital.

25 Apr 2017 1:51 PM

Islamabad’s decision to reveal the contents of Trump’s phone call with Sharif in which the President-elect praised the country and its people has already been avenged.

2016 Fear vs Hope: New world order may emerge after disorder

Trump Administration may make aid to Pakistan more conditional.

01 Jan 2017 12:15 AM

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