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KHARTOUM: Seven Pakistani peacekeepers were wounded, two of them seriously, in an ambush on Tuesday in Sudan’s war-torn region of Darfur, the joint African Union-United Nations mission and local sources said. “An ambush took place near the displaced persons camp in El Shereif, around 20 kilometres from Nyala,” the capital of South Darfur state and [...]
Politics and political life are being transformed across the world by the dynamics of the digital era. The broadcast media’s reach and direct action by citizens and civil society using the media and communication technology are changing the nature of political engagement. This is encroaching upon the traditional sphere of political parties, which are no [...]
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif called on Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday and later said he had met the general “openly, not secretly”. “There should be no apprehensions about the meeting because it had already been announced,” the PML-N leader told reporters at Benazir International Airport before leaving [...]
PESHAWAR: A Pakistan Army brigadier was killed and two other officers got injured when their vehicle was ambushed by militants in Tirah valley on Wednesday. The brigadier was heading a rescue team on its way to help the victims of a helicopter crash in the Khyber region. A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in Khyber while [...]
RAWALPINDI: The military on Wednesday comprehensively evaluated the country’s security scenario along with the emerging threats and evolved an effective response in
ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the tenure of Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant, General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, for a period of one year. According o sources, the decision was taken after the satisfactory performance of ISI in the war against terrorism. Ahmed Shuja Pasha will retire on March 18. Summary for his [...]
KARACHI: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said Pakistan does not harbour any hegemonic designs in the region, but cannot remain oblivious to the need of equipping its armed forces to enable them to meet legitimate defence needs. He was speaking at the induction of the second Chinese-built F-22P frigate, PNS Shamsheer, into Pakistan Navy [...]
QUETTA: National Party (NP) president Senator Dr Abdul Malik Baloch claimed on Monday that the government is facing serious threats from the military establishment that “can overthrow it any time.” Speaking at a news conference in Quetta, he said that the military establishment considers itself the virtual owner of the country while disdaining civilian [...]
LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari offered the post of National Security Adviser (NSA) to former Army chief and ex-ambassador to the US, Gen
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said the judiciary could ask the Army to take over for a stipulated period prior to the mid-term elections, in case the government declines to implement the Supreme Court judgment on the NRO. Speaking at a news conference here at the party’s central secretariat on Thursday, Imran advocated [...]
ISLAMABAD: The military said on Thursday during a visit by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates that it could not launch any new offensive against militants for six months to a year. The announcement probably comes as a disappointment to the US, which has pushed Pakistan to expand its military operations to North Waziristan to target [...]
In declaring illegal the purported transfer of public land by the Ministry of Defence to the Army Welfare Trust at nominal prices, the Supreme Court in its recent Makro-Habib ruling elucidated the doctrine of public ownership of land pursuant to our Constitution. Rejecting the arguments of the AWT, the apex court held that “the submission [...]
Civilian control over the armed forces is a sacrosanct principle of democracy but has never been practiced in Pakistan. Even When Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took over in the aftermath of the military debacle in East Pakistan he could not rein in the army. He first succumbed to its demand that a film showing the [...]
MUZAFFARABAD: Two security officials were killed and three were injured in an explosion in a vehicle in the Dothan area, near Rawalakot. According to SSP Rawla Kot, Sajjad Hussain a blast near security forces’ vehicle took place at Dothan area 15 kilometers away from Rawla Kot, which resulted in martyrdom of two security soldier while [...]
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