Tag: Zarb-e-Azb

Army chief approves comprehensive plan for combing operations

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday approved a comprehensive plan to carry out combing operations aimed at pre-empting potential sleeper cells...

Army chief announces successful completion of Shawal operation

The Pakistan Army has announced the completion of last phase of full-scale military offensive in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) after terrorists were driven out...

PAF wants to upgrade fighter jets for prolonged fight against militants

Pakistan wants to upgrade its ageing fleet of fighter jets in anticipation of a prolonged battle against militants, although the purchase of fifth-generation planes would only be a last resort, a senior air force official said.

Gen Raheel lauds tribesmen’s resolve to eradicate terrorism

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Saturday praised the resilience of tribesmen to stand up to the atrocities of terrorists and marginalise...

Pervaiz urges media to play role in making Zarb-e-Azb successful

Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid Wednesday urged media and journalists to launch a pensive Zarb-e-Azb in order to get...

Pakistan will have peace even if it has to fight for...

President Mamnoon Hussain says operation against terrorism will be taken to logical end, as military shows muscle at Republic Day parade Mamnoon says armed forces...

Army chief says NWA tribesmen want troops on ground till complete...

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said tribal elders in North Waziristan were “happy” with improved security and peace and had...

Gen Raheel lauds POF for meeting ammunition requirements of Zarb-e-Azb

Army chief General Raheel Sharif has lauded efforts of the Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) in meeting arms and ammunition requirements for the continuing Operation...

Gen Raheel urges commanders to ensure consolidation of long-term gains

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday emphasised the “need to consolidate long-term gains” as the military moves towards the conclusion of...

Census to be held after conclusion of Zarb-e-Azb, says minister

Federal Minister for Interprovincial Coordination (IPC) Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada Friday said the census would be held soon after completion of the final phase...

Outgoing US General Austin praises operation Zarb-e-Azb

Commander United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) General Lloyd Austin on Sunday acknowledged and praised Pakistan Army’s sacrifices for regional stability, while paying rich...

Gen Raheel gives go-ahead for final phase of operation in Shawal

The go-ahead was given by the army chief during his visit to forward positions of the army in Shawal valley.

COAS vows to defeat ‘externally funded’ terrorists, sympathisers

Vowing to defeat the nefarious designs of enemies, Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has said terrorists are being funded externally by hostile foreign intelligence...

Security czar says Pakistan losing psychological war to terrorists

Interior minister lashes out at critics of NAP, says closing down educational institutions is exactly what terrorists want Pakistanis to do Nisar lashes out at...

General Raheel Sharif – the gift that kept giving

General Raheel Sharif has a long list of success and achievements marking his tenure as Chief of Army Staff. The biggest credit to Gen Sharif...

NAP: the paradigm shift that will work one day

The attack that everybody feared    The thing about terror is that it lingers at the back of your mind; after one year, one month and...

Didn’t conduct operation in NW fearing attacks on cities: Kayani

Former Pakistan Army chief General (r) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that an operation could not be launched during his tenure because of fears...