Tag: Pakistan Army

White House says Pakistan’s hands clean in Bin Laden killing

"I’ve been around a long time. I'm long-of-tooth in this business, and I understand the consequences of what I'm saying," Hersh told CNN

Midair tragedy kills foreign envoys

Seven people, including Ambassador of Philippines Domingo D Lucenario Jr, Ambassador of Norway Leif Larsen, the wives of Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors and two army aviation pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in Naltar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday morning.

Saudis won’t ask for Pak boots for now

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have reached a “quiet understanding” under which the Kingdom would no more seek “boots on ground” from Pakistan while any violation of the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia would be strongly responded by Islamabad.

Kingdom not threatened, Pak in no hurry

Dispelling the notion that Pakistan has committed its troops to Saudi Arabia for fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that there was no immediate threat to Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity and Pakistan is “not in a hurry” to decide on joining the Saudi-led coalition.

Abdullah says Taliban talks could start soon, militants deny

Afghanistan CEO lauds Gen Sharif’s statement that Afghanistan’s enemy is Pakistan’s enemy

41 Islamabad madrassas to be shut for military parade

Sources said the seminaries will be shut from 18th till 24th March.

JUI-F chief accuses Establishment of training seminaries

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman Thursday blamed the Establishment for arming and training madrassa students. While addressing the participants of a seminar regarding the...

Military going against all terrorists without discrimination: DG ISPR

WASHINGTON- Pakistan Army Spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa,  in an interview with CNN's  Christiane Amanpour, has said that the country’s stance on terrorism is...

US leaves Pakistan in the lurch over FATA IDPs’ rehabilitation: report

US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson was expected to announce $250 million for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and that expected announcement was also one of the main reasons behind holding the third Donors Conference

IDPs to return to North Waziristan from next month, says ISPR

The context of the National Action Plan, security issues and rehabilitation of IDPs were on the agenda of today’s meeting

Bills to empower military land in NA

21st Constitutional Amendment Bill and Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2015 presented in National Assembly, seeking amendments in articles 175 and 245 of the Constitution Reservations...

‘National interest’ reigns supreme

Parliamentary parties’ moot endorses amendments in constitution, Army Act for constitutional cover to special military courts PM says there’s no room for further debate in...

Opp won’t let boots marching through front door

Serious differences emerged Thursday between the government and opposition over the formation of military courts to counter terrorism under the National Action Plan (NAP). The opposition believes that there is no need to bring amendments in Article 245(2) of the Constitution and the scope of existing military courts should be widened to deal with the menace.

It’s time to reclaim Jinnah’s Pakistan

Backed by a historical consensus of the national political leadership and the Pakistani military against the menace of terrorism, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had vengeance in his eyes as he blew the war bugle against terrorism during an address to the nation late Wednesday.

Army chief says time has come for ‘bold anti-terror decisions’

“We owe it to our next generations to eliminate this scourge once and for all.”

Martial law better than military courts, says Altaf

Altaf suggests that COAS General Raheel Sharif should handle the affairs of state for two years.

More terrorists bite the dust

Mustafa is reportedly a brother of Umar Mansoor alias Umar Naray— the alleged mastermind of the Peshawar school massacre.