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Landmark achievements of Pakistan’s foreign policy highlighted

ISLAMABAD: Speaking on “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy – 2013 to 2018 Challenges, Successes and Future Direction” On the conclusion of the Parliament’s term, Minister for...

Tensions in civil-military relations, admits Khurram Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan on Thursday admitted that there was tension between the civilian government and military on some issues. While talking to media...

World ignoring India’s lust for more firepower: defence minister

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir on Monday said that India is the largest arms importer in the world and the international community is...

Pakistan eliminated terrorism at a monumental cost: Dastgir

RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Defence Khurram Dastgir said on Wednesday that Pakistan had eliminated terrorism from its soil at a monumental cost in blood of...

Khawaja Asif to represent Pakistan at FMs’ Council meeting in Beijing

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif will leave for a two-day visit to Beijing on Monday. In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) said that...

Pakistan believes in peaceful co-existence with all neighbours: Khurram Dastgir

RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Defence Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that Pakistan believes in the policy of peaceful co-existence with all its neighbours and...

Dastgir lauds Pakistan Navy for successful SLCM Babur test

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan lauded the Pakistan Navy for the successful test firing of indigenously-developed submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) Babur which had a...

UAE ambassador meets defence minister

ISLAMABAD: United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi on Wednesday called on Federal Minister for Defence Khurram Dastgir Khan in his office...

Kyrgyz army chief calls on defence minister

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the General Staff of Kyrgyzstan Army, Major General Rayimbedi Duyshenbiev called on Federal Minister for Defence Khurram Dastgir Khan in his...

Govt taking steps to improve capabilities of armed forces: Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman paid a farewell call on Defence Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan here on Wednesday. The defence...

Pakistan expects Iran to understand troops deployment in Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday said that it expected Iran to understand its position on sending its troops to Saudi Arabia purely on a training task...

Pakistan won’t give air defence to Saudi: Dastgir

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir said that Pakistan would not provide air defence to Saudi Arab in the latter’s ongoing tussle with Yemen. While talking...

Khurram Dastgir flies off to Brussels on four-day visit

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Defence and Convener of European Union (EU) Parliament Friendship Group Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan along with a group of parliamentarians...

Security, intelligence cooperation with US non-existent, reiterates defence minister

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir says his country’s deteriorating relationship with the United States has led to a decline in the security and intelligence...

JuD sends Rs100 million notice to Khurram Dastgir

LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) has served a Rs100 million defamation legal notice to Federal Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir over his misleading statement that the...

Iranian defence minister discusses regional situation with Khurram Dastgir

  ISLAMABAD: Iranian Minister for Defence Brigadier General Amir Hatami on Thursday, in a telephone call with Defence Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan, discussed the...

Pakistan offers Saudi Arabia strategic pact

Defence minister says there is no formal strategic cooperation agreement between Islamabad, Riyadh ISLAMABAD: Minister for Defence Khurram Dastgir has proposed an all-encompassing strategic pact...