Tag: Army
Writing on the wall for corrupt elite of Pakistan?
Ikram Sehgal | Even a cursory analysis of the three Nawaz Sharif sackings as PM reveals one constant sordid fact, his incurring penchant to listen...
Chief Justice constitutes another judicial commission, this time for APS victims
News Analysis | The top judge directed Yahya Afridi, the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court, to form the judicial commission comprising three judges, and...
Is the attack on Iqbal a repercussion of governments’ dubious policy...
News Analysis | Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal survived an assassination attempt at the end of a corner meeting in his constituency NA-117 Narowal. Iqbal came...
Faizabad Dharna Discredits Army
News Analysis | The sit-in staged by scores of religious groups in September last year, in the Faizabad area of Islamabad, is denting the credibility...
Supreme Court lashes out agencies for not presenting fresh report on...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan heard a suo motu case regarding the use of abusive language during the sit-in and the difficulties...
Pakistan Army ready to negotiate with Manzoor Pashteen; Corps. Commander calls...
News Analysis | Corps Commander Peshawar Lt General Nazir Ahmad has said on Tuesday that some of the demands of the Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM)...
India claims it has arrested an ISI spy
News Analysis | An Indian national by the name Ravi Kumar supposedly working as a Pakistani secret agent has been arrested. The news agency Press...
COAS, Bajwa in Brunei; Army carrying Diplomacy?
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is on an official visit to Brunei, held meetings with country’s top...
Egypt: seven years since the revolution
AFP | As Egypt votes in presidential elections, here are key events in the turbulent country since the 2011 uprising that ended the 30-year rule...
India unifies its Armed Forces under an integrated theater of command
News Analysis | New Delhi has taken a significant step towards enmeshing the Indian Armed Forces-the Indian Air Force, the Army, and the Navy-under a...
SC dismisses contempt petition against Sharif: mercy or caution ?
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has dismissed yet another contempt of court petition against the former premier Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday,...
Xi Jing Ping: President for life?
News Desk | The central committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to remove the expression that the president and the vice-president ‘shall serve...
Democrats: We are Defined by what we Defend
Saeed Afridi | Democracy is a complex and much misunderstood entity in countries with a history of authoritarian rule. Transition from authoritarianism can suffer distortions...
The mighty Afghan National Army?
Saqib Manzoor | Hundreds of seasoned and battle-hardened troops of Army have been deployed in Afghanistan to offer new types of training to...
Efforts will continue to maintain normalcy in Karachi and the province:...
News Analysis | The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Karachi Corps HQ and Malir Garrison on Thursday. He was updated...
Ayesha Gulalai set to launch PTI-Gulalai on Friday
News Desk | After Imran Khan’s third marriage with Bushra Maneka, the nation is set to receive some more good news from the PTI camp...
Chief of Army Staff meets Ambassadors of Iran and Turkey
News Analysis | The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa met Mr Ishan Mustafa Yurdakul, newly appointed Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan and...
Indian officer killed as Pakistan retaliates to unprovoked fire
News Analysis | An Indian Army non commissioned officer was killed in retaliatory firing by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and...
Pakistani politics risks heightening regional tensions?
James M Dorsey | Self-serving Pakistani politics threaten to aggravate the country’s myriad problems that have strained its relations with the United States and could...
COAS wants good relations with India but “it takes two to...
News Analysis | In a major gesture, Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa reportedly said the military was ready to back the political leadership's initiative...
Pakistan Army fully supports mainstreaming FATA
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday threw his weight behind the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with the...
Faizabad Dharna: Another Reminder that Pakistan Needs to Beef up State...
Mudassir Saeed Laghari | The good news is that Pakistan has successfully moved up from the state when it struggled to establish writ across the...
Nawaz unhappy with the surrender at Faizabad
News Analysis | Former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif expressed his indignation over how the Faizabad sit-in came to an end. The disqualified lawmaker and current...
The rise of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik-ya-Rasool Allah: dawn of a new era?
News Analysis | The recent Faizabad crackdown crisis has unleashed a new religiopolitical party in the Pakistani arena. The emergence of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool...
Army ready to assist in Islamabad Operation, seeks clarification on important...
News Analysis | The Pakistan Army on Sunday sought clarifications on a few aspects, should it be asked to lend support to the operation in...
Faizabad crisis: the real story
Muhammad Azam | Let’s take this from the top. The Faizabad sit-in started early in November. Obscure religious parties – foremost amongst them Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool...
Army to follow government’s directives on the sit-in but what will...
News Analysis | The Pakistan Army has said it will adhere to whatever the government will decide to do regarding solving the stand-off with religious protestors...
Delhi responds to Islamabad’s Jadhav offer positively !
News Analysis | Diplomatic sources in Islamabad have said that India has positively responded to Pakistan's offer regarding the self-confessed spy of the Research and...
US gets involved in Myanmar: Tillerson talks to army chief
Reuters | U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was bound for Myanmar on Wednesday for talks with the army chief whose forces have been accused...
Pakistan’s Internal Power Struggle: Who is running Pakistan?
Yasmeen Aftab Ali | Ideally, it should be the government duly elected by the people. However, the government in Pakistan instead of being democratic in...
Will PML-N’s war of words against Army & judiciary save Nawaz...
Dr. Shahbaz Shabbir Gill | Watching Khawaja Asif, recently at the Asia Society in New York, one saw him being humble, using carefully chosen words,...
Why has India given Rupees 7 billion to ‘Balochistan Liberation Army’?
News Analysis | Political analyst Agha Iqrar Haroon has claimed that India has spent Rs 7 billion to run an anti-Pakistan campaign in Geneva, Switzerland...
Ch. Nisar’s TV interview provokes PMLN backlash; says “Maryam is a...
Chaudhry Nisar’s latest interview with prominent TV anchor Saleem Safi has provoked a backlash from many PMLN party members. An unusually extensive TV appearance...
Thrilled over BRICS, Indian army eyes on breaching the LoC when...
News analysis | The General Officer Commander-in-Chief (GOC-C) of the Kashmir-based Northern Command, Lt Gen Devraj Anbu said that his forces will cross the Line of...
Restoration of peaceful life in Syria
Sophie Mangal | According to the statements of local authorities, Zabadani resort town in Damascus province, which is located 25 kilometers from the Syrian capital,...
Census 2017 raises suspicion from many quarters…
The national census 2017 results have been made public and are expected to have significant short term implications. The census reveals that Pakistan’s population has...
