Tag: Military
Gates says US-China military ties at ‘pretty good place’
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that relations with China were at "a pretty good place" but declined to take a view...
Bahrain ends martial law but military trials will continue
Bahrain lifted martial law on Wednesday in what the government hopes will be a sign to tourists and business of a return to normal,...
Punjab Rangers helicopter crashes in Indus
Casualties are feared as a helicopter crashed Wednesday morning into the Indus River near the city of Layyah. According to the report, the...
Double wages, cut military allocation: WWHL
The Women Worker Helpline (WWHL) sought a 100 percent raise in wages, increment in pensions, and 10 percent less allocation for military in the...
Obama picks Dempsey as top US military officer
US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated General Martin Dempsey, who commanded troops in the Iraq war, as the top US military officer. If...
China likely to give Pakistan military aid
Indian media claimed on Monday that China was likely to supply military aid to Pakistan after the operation to kill al Qaeda chief Osama...
JI, JWP want end to mily operation in Balochistan
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hassan and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Talal Akbar Bugti told a joint press conference on Sunday that the...
Islamists infiltration perturbs military: WP
Top Pakistani military officials are concerned that their ranks have been penetrated by Islamists aiding militants in a campaign against the state, The Washington...
Pakistan’s top military officials worried about militant collaborators in their ranks:...
Embarrassed by the Osama bin Laden raid and by a series of insurgent attacks on high-security sites, top Pakistani military officials are increasingly concerned...
France halts sale of heavy military hardware to Pakistan
France said on Friday it had put on hold the sale of heavy military equipment to Pakistan and was waiting for an explanation about...
Syrian military chief on EU sanctions list
The chief of Syria’s armed forces, his deputy and the vice president join President Bashar al-Assad on a list of 10 officials hit by...
Six dead in suicide blast at Kabul military hospital
Six medical students were killed and 23 others wounded in a Taliban suicide attack at Afghanistan’s main military hospital in Kabul on Saturday, officials...
China not to match US military power
China has no intention to match US military power, a top Chinese general said on Thursday in Washington. Gen Chen Bingde said America's armed...
‘Military leader’ of Al Qaeda in Iraq arrested
The Iraqi army arrested the alleged military leader of Al-Qaeda's offshoot in Iraq, Mikhlif Mohammed Hussein al-Azzawi, in an early morning raid on Wednesday,...
Pakistan, US spar over military billing: WSJ
Pakistan and the United States have been sparring over Islamabad’s claims for financial compensation for military operations against militants, the Wall Street Journal reported...
HRCP session bashes military
Pakistan military came in for a lot of criticism in a session titled “Pakistan after Osama bin Laden: Options for Pakistan” conducted in the...
Egypt military warns of sectarianism as unity rally planned
Egypt’s military warned on Thursday it will strike down sectarianism, as Muslims and Christians prepared to hold a unity rally denouncing attacks on Cairo...
