Tag: Military

Media-military relations

The Judicial Commission’s appointment to investigate into the Saleem Shahzad’s case and other related issues is by itself a welcome development that, in a...

Washington backs Pak-Afghan military group

The United States supports a decision by Afghanistan and Pakistan to form a joint military group that will address recent incidents along their shared...

Pakistan must take steps to ensure military aid: Clinton

Pakistan must take certain steps which the United States administration has often "outlined" to ensure the delivery of American military assistance to Islamabad, Secretary...

US backs joint Pakistan-Afghan military group

The United States supports a decision by Pakistan and Afghanistan to form a joint military group that will address recent incidents along their shared...

Military reps defend forces over Abbottabad raid

The probe commission on the Abbottabad operation Monday discussed the defence strategy adopted by the army and the air force and the infiltration by...

Taliban aim to sabotage Afghan transition: UK military

Taliban insurgents are trying to sabotage a security handover in the capital of Afghanistan's violent southern Helmand province, but Afghan police and troops can...

China raps US over military drills in disputed seas

China's military sharply criticised the US on Monday for holding military drills in contested waters of the South China Sea, a dispute Beijing has...

Moderates condemn suspension of US military aid

The recent suspension of US military aid to Pakistan is evidence of the mistrust in relationship between the two countries, Moderates Chairman Syed Jawaid...

Less US military aid to Pakistan harms ties, not army

A US decision to suspend $800 million in military aid to Pakistan is more likely to drive the wedge between the troubled allies deeper...

Top US military officer heads to China for visit

The top US military officer begins a four-day trip to China on Sunday in another sign of warming military ties between the two countries...

Two men indicted in Seattle military attack plot

Two men charged with plotting to attack a military building in Seattle with machine guns pleaded not guilty to nine criminal charges in Seattle...

Military action in FATA is good news: US State Department

US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Noland on Thursday said military action in FATA was good news. She said the US and Pakistan were jointly...

6 militants killed as military launches Kurram offensive

Security forces launched a major offensive against militants in central Kurram Agency, Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Maj General Athar Abbas said on Monday....

PAC helpless against powerful military

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) seemed helpless against the powerful military establishment as it had to extend the deadline for the army’s report on...

Panetta vows to keep US military ‘strongest’ in world

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta vowed on Friday to keep the US military the “strongest” in the world despite budget pressures, after being sworn in...

Military ready to march into Central Kurram Agency

As preparations are being made for a military action against militants in the central region of Kurram Agency, the administration has opened a camp...

Pakistan asks UK to withdraw military trainers

After the US, the government has asked the United Kingdom to pull out some of its military trainers, who were here to train the...