Tag: Civilian
Govt appoints Dr Suleman Khan as new IB chief
ISLAMABAD: The federal government appointed Dr Muhammad Suleman Khan, a grade-22 officer of Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), as the director general (DG) of...
UN condemns mounting civilian deaths in E Ghouta
GENEVA/ANKARA: United Nation's top human rights official condemned on Wednesday a recent escalation in airstrikes and ground attacks by regime forces and their allies...
Afghan civilian casualties top 11,000 to hit record in 2015: UN
The number of civilians killed or wounded in Afghanistan in 2015 was the highest recorded since 2009, the UN said in a new report...
Russia responsible for civilian killings in Syria: Amnesty report
A human rights watchdog on Wednesday accused Russia of using cluster munitions and unguided bombs on civilian areas in Syria in attacks that it...
US drone strikes tantamount to war crimes: Amnesty
Killing of Pakistanis in US-led drone strikes may amount to war crimes or extrajudicial executions, according to a report released by the London-based right's...
India close to clinching civilian nuclear deal with US: Menon
India is "close to" clinching the commercial aspect of its civil nuclear deal with the US and is addressing the concerns of US suppliers...
US cutting plans for large civilian presence post-2014 Afghanistan
The Obama administration has ordered significant cutbacks in initial plans for a robust US civilian presence in Afghanistan after US combat troops withdraw two...
Govt equally responsible for ‘civilian’ deaths in drone strikes
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has strongly condemned the recent US drone strike that killed 24 people in North Waziristan on Friday, saying...
NAB asked to act against corrupt civilian, military officials
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee for Railways has asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to take stern action against corrupt individuals responsible for the...
Blast in French-controlled Afghan town kills five
An improvised bomb killed four police and a civilian on Monday in an Afghan town where hundreds of French troops have been deployed to...
Damascus suburb shelled, 9 killed across Syria: NGO
Syrian troops shelled a rebel bastion in northern Damascus during the night, killing seven people, while a civilian and a rebel leader were killed...
Brig Ali planned GHQ attack to takeover civilian control
Brigadier Ali Khan, who is currently facing court martial, planned to spread mutiny against the government by attacking the army’s General Headquarters (GHQ) with...
‘Friends of Syria’ meet to push for relief access
Western and Arab nations are to challenge Syria to allow in desperately needed humanitarian aid at a meeting Friday aimed at increasing pressure on...
Architects of the endgame
They’re all ‘coping with frogs’
The two-day trilateral summit of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, which concluded in Islamabad on Friday, 17 February 2012, has exposed...
Syrian forces pound Homs as protests spread in Damascus
Syrian forces on Tuesday blitzed the flashpoint city of Homs and opened fire to disperse daring protesters in the capital, monitors said, as the...
‘India’s decision to import Iran oil a slap on US face’
India’s decision to continue importing Iranian oil is a slap on the face of the United States (US), which is galvanising the international community...
Homs battered as civilian plight worsens
Syria’s army killed at least six civilians Tuesday in the heaviest shelling of Homs for several days, monitors said, as the international community warned...
