Tag: Army

PIA pays tribute to martyrs on Defence Day

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has paid rich tributes to the martyrs and decorated heroes of Pakistan’s Armed Forces on the occasion of Defence...

Army’s ‘property dealing’ attracts CJP’s attention

--CJP Nisar questions how Pakistan Army is building housing societies and earning 'billions of rupees' from allotment and transfer of land --Asks DHA, Cantt Board, Pakistan...

FIA in no mood to probe ‘corrupt’ CAA, ex-military officers

--Agency holds 34 senior officials of CAA, retired military officers responsible for corruption, causing delay in Islamabad airport project --Former CAA chief finds refuge by...

Myanmar army apologises for mistaken photos in book on Rohingya crisis

YANGON: The Myanmar military issued a rare apology on Monday, acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the...

Govt, army on same page: info minister

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcast Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said that both the government and the army were on the same page and...

Army deployed in GB’s Ghizar valley after militants attack police check...

GILGIT BALTISTAN: Following an attack on police check post in Gilgit Baltistan’s (GB) Ghizar valley on Sunday, army troops were deployed alongside local security...

Army deployed in GB district to counter terrorism

--Troops take control of exit, entry points in hilly areas of Ghizer district --Law-enforcement agencies, govt failed to provide security to people in GB: APC   ISLAMABAD:...

Syrian army urges people in Idlib to agree return of state...

  BEIRUT: The Syrian army urged people in rebel-held Idlib province to agree to a return of state rule and told them the war was...

No institution is prestigious: IHC responds to ISI request

--Justice Aamer Farooq says all institutions are made of people --ISI requests high court to expunge parts of Justice Siddiqui's order in which he asks spy...

‘Pawns of establishment’ suffer election rout, army critics win polls

--Election results show major upsets as so-called pro-army politicians Ch Nisar, Mustafa Kamal defeated ISLAMABAD: In the backdrop of rigging allegations by the opposition parties with...

Election security provided by army cost nation Rs9bn: ECP

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday said that the election security provided by the army cost the nation Rs9 billion. Speaking to media...

PML-Q leaders pay tributes to ECP, army

GUJRAT: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujat Hussain and senior central leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi have paid tributes to Election Commission of Pakistan...

Assertion that parliament gave magisterial powers to army baseless: Babar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) secretary general and former senator Farhatullah Babar has said that the law minister’s assertion that the parliament gave magisterial...

Army commandos kill senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan

  KABUL: A military operation by Afghan commando units in northeastern Kapisa province left at least 12 insurgents dead, including a Taliban shadow governor and...

Once Pakistan’s ‘Facebook PM’, is Imran Khan losing online electoral battle?

The PTI wave that emerged right after the famous 2011 Minar-e-Pakistan jalsa had brought with it immense support for Imran Khan, at least on...

Home minister directs police to ensure foolproof security on polling day

LAHORE: Punjab Home Minister Shaukat Javed on Monday directed the Punjab Police to beef up security and intensify around the clock patrolling to fully ensure...

Relief activities underway in flood-affected Ghizer

GILGIT: Teams of Pakistan Army doctors and engineers are taking part in the relief activities to minimise sufferings of the Badswat flood affectees, said the Inter-Services...