Tag: Isaf

Roadside bomb kills 3 troops in Afghanistan

Three troops from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. ISAF did...

Sovereignty to be on top of new terms with NATO, ISAF:...

Reaffirming his government’s stance on ensuring the country’s sovereignty, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said it would be on top of priorities in the...

Drone shot down by Iran ‘may’ belong to US: ISAF

The NATO-led military force in Afghanistan said that a drone which Iran reported shooting down in its territory "may" belong to the United States. "The...

The way forward

Revising the rules of engagement Prime Minister Gilani, while briefing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) about the decision to revisit the national security...

No more crawling

Can we live on our feet? It has never been this bad. How far the tension between America and Pakistan escalates depends on the real...

The aftermath of the NATO attack

‘In Pakistan the attack has given a weak – but broadly pro US – government the chance to bolster its nationalist credentials and reassure...

ISAF, NATO attacks not unplanned: DGMO

Director General Military Operations Maj Gen Ishfaq Nadeem, terming the NATO incursion on military check-posts in Mohmand Agency an unprovoked act of blatant aggression,...

Hash-bowls on the frontier?

Looking for a fictitious, blow-by-blow account of what happened at Salala? Look no further Disclaimer: The purpose of this fictitious reconstruction is to call attention...

Pakistan to revisit engagement with NATO, ISAF: PM

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan will revisit its engagement with NATO and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the backdrop of Mohmand...

Not helping

Common cause, contrary strategies Saturday morning’s shelling by NATO helicopters on a security checkpost in Mohmand Agency which left 25 troops, including two senior officers,...

FBR unearths Rs 55b tax evasion in ISAF containers’ case, SC...

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has unearthed evasion of duties and taxes of over Rs 55 billion, as 28,000 containers carrying commercial cargo...

Taliban attacks down for first time: ISAF

The number of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan has declined for the first time in a “welcome” trend in the ten-year-old war, an officer with...

ISAF claims to capture Haqqani leader from Afghanistan

Allied forces in Afghanistan have claimed to capture a senior commander of Haqqani Network, ISAF said in a statement on Saturday. The International Security Assistance...

Stop cross-border Taliban attacks, Kayani tells ISAF

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday asked the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to prevent cross-border Taliban attacks from...

FBR given month to submit report on ISAF container losses

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday granted one month to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to prepare a final report on the whopping losses of Rs 19 billion to Rs 36 billion caused to the national exchequer by the containers meant for supplies to ISAF forces in Afghanistan, which entered the Pakistani territory over the past four years in the name of Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) and pilfered causing the losses.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad

Ministries refuse to take responsibility for NATO and ISAF transit facility

ISLAMABAD - The Ministries of Defence and Commerce, on Thursday, refused to take responsibility for NATO and ISAF transit facility, saying that they were mere signatories to the agreement.
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce met under the chairmanship of Khurram Dastagir Khan and decided to call the Minister of Defence to clarify the issue in the next meeting. The meeting was called to probe legal arrangements governing NATO and ISAF transit facility to