Tag: Pakistan Army

Pakistan Army helicopters rescue five persons

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army helicopters rescued five persons including a woman and two girls stranded in Sawan River near Swan Bridge, Rawalpindi. The individuals got stuck...

Nawaz says will return ‘come hell or high water’

Convicted ex-PM says prepared to 'face jail and even gallows' but won't keep silent over 'disrespect of vote' Rejects reports that he plans to...

Army not influencing elections, says ISPR DG

Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor says Pakistani military is a non-partisan institution, will execute duties in line with ECP’s code of conduct Says politicians changing...

Security forces seize cache of weapons in Waziristan

RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Monday conducted intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in South and North Waziristan to seize a heavy cache of weapons, ISPR said. During the operations,...

ECP completes logistical arrangements for upcoming polls

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that the commission had made all necessary logistic arrangements for ensuring to hold the upcoming...

Pakistan to participate in International Army Games 2018

BEIJING: Pakistan Army will be sending a delegation to China from late July to mid-August to participate in two out of four contests of International...

Pakistan, India to participate in joint military exercise in August

BEIJING: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) joint counter-terrorism military exercise will be staged in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia in August next. All the SCO member states including Pakistan...

Pak Army, NUST arrange free entry test classes for Balochistan youth

QUETTA: Free preparatory classes have been arranged for the young students in Balochistan by Pakistan Army in collaboration with National University of Science and...

I have no social media account: Asad Durrani on fake tweets

Former ISI chief Lt Gen (r) Asad Durrani on Sunday clarified that he has no social media account after a series of fake tweets...

Holding Musharraf accountable led to ouster, Nawaz claims

Deposed PM says was warned in advanc­e of hurdle­s if he procee­ded with high treaso­n case agains­t former military dictator Says Zardari suggested legitimising 2007...

VIDEO: Wounded soldier regrets not being able to kill Quetta suicide...

One of the soldiers, wounded in Thursday's Quetta attack, regrets that he wasn't able to kill the third suicide bomber as his focus shifted...

Pakistan Army, Air Force test joint conventional firepower capability

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army and Air Force tested their joint conventional firepower capability in Central Command exercise at Jhelum firing ranges, said a statement issued by...

Pak Army conducts domestically produced AGL’s trials

The Pakistan Army has started conducting trials on a domestically produced Automatic Grenade Launcher (AGL), according to reports on social media. Pakistan's indigenous Daudson’s PAK-40...

Pakistan Army provides Rs6.8m scholarship to Baloch students

LAHORE: Pakistan Army’s Southern Command has provided a scholarship of Rs6.8 million to 36 students of Balochistan studying in various evening programmes at Punjab University. In this...

‘Inimical forces’ creating uncertainty in FATA: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: The mainstreaming of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is the key to prosperity while ‘inimical forces’ are creating uncertainties in the region, media...

Pashtuns will approach UN if state doesn’t give due rights, says...

--Pashtun leader says his community wants to settle demands with govt in courtroom  --Rejects allegation of being 'foreign agent', says demanding a peaceful life is not 'part...

No court-martial fears for military officials who don’t disclose assets

--SC says it is not mandatory for army officials to disclose assets, says FBR may intervene in case of misrepresentation of assets   ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court...