Tag: Defence

Canada, India may focus on defence, ‘civil’ nuclear cooperation

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in India on Saturday for a week-long visit aimed at enhancing business ties between the two countries. Trudeau and...

Germany to US: we’ll spend more on defence, you stay involved

Germany’s defence minister pledged to spend more on its military and the United Nations, but she called in return for other countries not to...

Zainab murder case: ATC to announce verdict on 17th

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday after hearing the concluding arguments of the defence and prosecution lawyers in the Zainab rape and murder case, has...

Victims accuse Abdeslam of ‘mocking’ Paris attacks trial

BRUSSELS: Lawyers for police officers hurt in a shootout with Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam accused him of scorning Belgian justice after he refused...

China carries out another anti-missile test: Defence Ministry

BEIJING: China has successfully carried out another test of an anti-missile intercept system, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, describing it as defensive and...

Pakistan’s defence impregnable, says Fazlur Rehman

  ISLAMABAD: Kashmir Committee Chairman Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday said the defence of Pakistan is impregnable and there is no importance of Indian’s army...

Naval chief leaves for Turkey on official visit

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi has left for Turkey on an official visit. During the visit, the naval chief has scheduled...

Pakistan-Turkey relations growing in all fields: Envoy

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Pakistan to Turkey Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi said that the brotherly ties between Turkey and Pakistan are flourishing in diverse fields. According...

US will not accept a nuclear North Korea: Defence Secy Mattis

SEOUL: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis issued a stern warning to North Korea on Saturday and said that despite North Korea’s ongoing missile and...

Hamza Ali Abbasi comes out swinging in defence of Hafiz Saeed

Vocal Pakistan Tehrik i Insaaf activist, and actor turned political television talk show host Hamza Ali Abbasi has landed in some hot water over his...

Saudi defence at par with our own: Gen Bajwa

RAWALPINDI: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has assured the Saudi ambassador that Pakistan Army holds defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)...

Final touches being given to host IDEAS-2016

Final touches were being given to host the 9th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2016) in Karachi, said the organiser. Giving briefing to the...

US drone strike affected efforts to bring peace in Afghanistan: defence...

Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Saturday that the defence of Pakistan was in safe hands and that no one could cast an...

Aerospace, defence industry backs Britain’s EU membership: survey

The majority of British aerospace, defence, security and space companies believe that the country should stay in the European Union, the latest business group...

Pakistan’s defence production quality second to none: Qayyum

Senate Standing Committee on Defence Production Chairman Lt-Gen (r) Abdul Qayyum said on Sunday that Pakistan is self-sufficient in developing quality defence products and...

Air force ready die for country’s defence: PAF chief

  Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman has said that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is ready for every kind of...

US missile defence site in Romania becomes operational

A new US missile defence site south of Bucharest that will defend against potential attacks from Iran has been completed, the United States and...