Tag: Military

This letter is in apropos to a recent news item “There will be no military coup, assures Kayani” published in your newspaper. The army...

Iran stands ready to expand its military and security ties with Iraq, its armed forces chief of staff said Sunday, a week after the...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry Friday said no takeover is possible in the country in his presence, stressing that Pakistan will...

Pakistan Army rejected on Thursday the findings of a US enquiry into the NATO air strikes against two border outposts in Momhand Agency in...

Genuine issues, no redress There can be hardly two opinions about the Baloch population being more alienated now than at any other period of history....

Revision of security paradigm required What needs to be discussed by Pakistan’s foreign policy wonks during the ongoing ambassadors’ meeting is the country’s unending isolation....

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

A rather secretive lot The Brahmanisation of matters military in the country has effectively barred everyone from commenting on them. Not because of a perceived...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday said there was no threat of a “judicial” or “military” coup, as both institutions were pro-democracy and...

No tit for this tat What the DGMO told senior journalists on Tuesday when quizzed about the absence of a military response to the Nato...

Diplomacy is but continuation of war by other means There was a briefing by the Pakistan army about the possible repercussions of the current tension...

Unprovoked, but not entirely unexpected The million dollar question: was it just a matter of time or did we really believe that there was a...

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Khyber Agency demanded the government immediately stop the military operation in the agency and adopt the path of dialogue. They demanded...

Who pulls the levers? Like Prime Minister Gilani, Hina Rabbani Khar has also confirmed that a high level committee would soon start investigating the Memogate...

Faced by angry street protests, Egypt’s military rulers are under fire from all political sides and are locked in their worst crisis since the...

Troubled, to say the least Harmonious civil-military interaction holds the key to political stability in Pakistan. The civilian government has always found it difficult to...

An impressive opening ceremony of the two weeks long joint Exercise (YOUYI-IV-2011) between Pakistan and Chinese Army was held here on Friday near Jhelum....