Tag: Military

North Waziristan military operation will be disastrous: Salim Saifullah Khan

Chairman Steering Committee Pakistan Muslim League Salim Saifullah Khan has warned that military operation in North Waziristan would be disastrous for Pakistan and the...

‘Door to military adventurism shut forever’

Appreciating the role of lawyers’ community in the movement for the reinstatement of judges, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday said sacrifices by...

NWA jirga opposes military action, threatens migration to Afghanistan

Opposing the proposed military operation in North Waziristan, a combined jirga of tribal elders and religious clerics from the tribal agency threatened migration to...

Pak checkpost attacked in Dir

Afghan militants attacked military checkpost of Pakistani security forces in border area last night, Media reports said on Friday. No causalities were reported in the...

Afghan rocket attacks damage top US military officer’s plane

Two rocket attacks targeting a US military airbase in Afghanistan damaged the plane of the top US military officer, leaving two people wounded, an...

Taliban threaten attacks on military

The Pakistani Taliban on Monday warned the country’s military it had set up a “suicide bombers squad” to hit troops if an offensive is...

Pakistani Taliban threatens attacks on military

The Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) warned the country's military on Monday that it (TTP) had set up a "suicide bombers squad" to hit...

Weak election body could lead to military rule: ICG

With the next general election looming large and the future of Pakistan centered on it, all eyes are fixed on the Election Commission of...

PM announces military flights for Shias after Thursday’s massacre

After a series of sectarian massacres on one of Pakistan’s most important roads, the federal government has been forced to lay on military flights...

Military action of no use in terror war: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has expressed grave concern over terrorist assault at Kamra Airbase, which is situated inside a high-security zone. Talking...

British military will take 2 years to get over Games: planner

Britain's military will take two years to return to normal after it was called upon to provide 18,000 troops for the London Olympics, the...

Military top brass meet today with cross-border attacks on agenda

The top military brass would discuss various security related issues today (Friday) at the Corps Commanders’ meeting with a focus on recent terrorist attacks...

Civil-military imbalance

A nation can only be stable if all its organs and state institution conduct themselves properly. The coordination between civil society and military takes...

Turkish military orders retirement of coup-plotting generals

Turkey’s top military council on Saturday ordered the retirement of dozens of generals and admirals who are currently being held on charges of coup...

S. Korea to stage military drill near disputed island

South Korea will stage a regular military exercise near a disputed island this month amid a renewed territorial claim by Japan, the defence ministry...

Japan warns over China military-political ties

The shifting relationship between China's one-party government and the military is a "risk management issue" for Japan, while North Korea poses a "significant threat,"...

Exchanges between Pak, China forces strengthen ‘strategic ties’: Masood

Regular exchanges between the armed forces of Pakistan and China would ‘deepen the existing strategic ties’ and give ‘further push’ to the all-weather and...