Tag: Security

‘Nuclear security is top priority’

Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Director General Lieutenant General (r) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai on Tuesday said that nuclear security was an area which had always...

Security and the state

Security is defined as the absence of threat. But threats are ever present and so the desire to achieve absolute security may never completely...

Time to relax Kashmir security laws: Omar

Tough long-standing laws that fuel much of the unrest in Indian-held Kashmir could be withdrawn because of a fall in violence, the chief minister...

Security beefed up on Afghan border

Almost akin to the situation at its border with India, Pakistan has beefed up security arrangements at its frontier with Afghanistan with upgraded radar...

Clash between security forces and militants claims 4 lives

Four militants were killed in Char Bagh during a clash with security forces on Sunday whereas a security personnel was injured. Official sources said...

Pakistan’s cooperation vital to US security: WH

The US believes Pakistan’s cooperation remains vital to American national security even as it has issues at times with Islamabad, the White House said...

Military to brief MPs on security on Thursday

Amidst the continuing Pakistan-US tension and threats to the national security in the wake of the current geo-political situation, top military commanders would brief...

‘Taliban can’t raise a finger without Pakistan’

As the war in Afghanistan hit the 10-year mark on Friday, President Hamid Karzai claimed the Taliban were being propped up by Pakistan and...

Security concerns pop up for IJT’s event at PU

The Punjab government and the Punjab University (PU) administration are hesitating to allow Islami Jamait-e-Taliba (IJT) activists to hold its three-day congregation at the...

Are private security guards safe and sane?

The increasing number of brutal murders committed by private security guards is becoming alarmingly frequent and raising many questions about the sanity of individuals...

Mujahid squad deployed at banks

Mujahid Squad Superintendent of Police (SP) Romail Akram on Friday deployed Mujahid Squad personnel in front of all banks on pay day today (Saturday). The...

No compromise on national security: President, PM

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, agreeing that no compromise would be made on the national security and sovereignty...

Bluetooth security crisis

Bluetooth radio technology is widely used to link cellphones to their accessories, and its security has not been considered a major problem. Codenomicon, however,...

Pakistan has boosted security of nuclear installations: Hina

Pakistan told the United Nations on Thursday that steps had been taken to augment the safety and security of the country’s nuclear installations and...

CAA focuses on passengers’ facilitation, security

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) convened the Airport Mangers’ Conference to enhance coordination between the field units and CAA headquarters. Special focus was given...

Security heightened due to terrorist threat

In the light of information received from secret agencies regarding a potential terrorist attack, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ahmed Raza Tahir put...

Five Syrian security personnel killed

Syria said on Thursday that “terrorists” had killed five security force members and wounded 17 in the restive area of Daraa while pro-democracy activists...