Tag: Army
Army continues operations against Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Idleb
HAMA: Army units continued military operations against Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in Idleb countryside to eradicate terrorism and restore security to the villages of...
Yemeni army chief-of-staff injured in mine blast
ADEN: The chief of staff of the Yemeni army has been injured by a landmine that went off while he was visiting the northern...
Army chief visits NWA, lays wreath on Shuhada monument
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday visited North Waziristan Agency (NWA) and laid a wreath at the Shuhada...
Zambia deploys army to battle cholera after 41 deaths
LUSAKA: Zambia’s president Edgar Lungu has deployed the army to help combat a cholera outbreak that has claimed 41 lives in the capital Lusaka...
CDA to allot over 1,000 acres to Army for new GHQ,...
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will allot over 1,000 acres of land to the Pakistan Army for the construction of General head quarters...
Army chief’s visit to parliament a positive sign: Siraj-ul-Haq
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Siraj-ul-Haq, talking to the media after the Senate session on Tuesday, said that army chief’s visit to the parliament...
Turkish air strikes kill 29 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq: army
ISTANBUL: Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Monday and killed 29 of the group’s militants, Turkey’s armed forces...
FBR to bring all army personnel under tax net
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has devised a strategy to bring all armed forces personnel under tax net, after discussions with military...
Army organises sports event at Cholistan Special Education School
A sports event was organised at Cholistan Special Education School in Bahawalpur on Sunday to mark International Day for Persons with Disabilities, according to...
Nine suspects arrested as police launch probe into Friday’s terror attack...
PESHAWAR: Security personnel arrested at least nine suspects during a pre-dawn search operation conducted in the outskirts of the provincial capital on Saturday, as police registered an FIR...
‘I am LeT’s biggest supporter, they are fond of me too’:...
LONDON: Former president Pervez Musharraf has said that he is the greatest supporter of proscribed militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The declaration of support for LeT,...
We can’t use force against our own people, says Army
(This is still satire)
At an apex security meeting attended by the the Prime Minister, the DG ISPR, the DG ISI, the Punjab Chief Minister...
Army’s role in focus as Islamists end blasphemy blockade
ISLAMABAD: When hardline Pakistani Islamists signed an agreement with the government on Monday to end a crippling blockade of the nation’s capital, the text...
Indian colonel arrested for raping junior officer’s daughter
SIMLA: An army colonel was arrested on Wednesday over the alleged gang-rape of the daughter of a lieutenant colonel posted at the Army Training...
Journalist shot dead in India
NEW DELHI: An Indian soldier shot dead a journalist following a dispute in the country’s third high profile media killing in barely three months,...
Zimbabwe’s ruling party set to sack Mugabe: reports
HARARE: The leaders of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party will today to approve the dismissal of President Robert Mugabe, the only leader the southern African...
Syria army announces full recapture of last Daesh-held town
DAMASCUS: Syrian troops and allied forces on Thursday took the town Albu Kamal, which was the last urban hub still controlled by the Islamic...