Shadow of the Past: Pakistan army spokesman's father a sanctioned nuclear scientist with al-Qaeda tiesLt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry is the Pakistan Army spokesperson. He is the son of Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood. Mahmood was a nuclear scientis...
10 May, 2025, 03.15 PM IST
Chinese military says its top General's visit to Pakistan 'very successful'During his visit, Gen Xu held talks with Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and met President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Kha...
29 Aug, 2019, 06.30 PM IST
Pakistan Army bars Asad Durrani, 2 ISPR ex-DGs from appearing as defence analystsIn a notification issued on Monday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) - the media wing of the military - has allowed 26 retired of...
16 Apr, 2019, 04.26 PM IST
US played key role in release of Wing Commander Abhinandan VarthamanPakistan was not ready to 'give in' but US made it clear that the Wg Cdr won't be a 'bargaining chip'.
13 Mar, 2019, 12.47 PM IST
Pakistan's ISI chief Lt Gen Mukhtar to retire on MondayCommissioned in the armoured corps regiment in 1983, Lt Gen Mukhtar is a graduate of the Command and Staff College, Quetta; National Defenc...
30 Sep, 2018, 03.16 PM IST
Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif may seek bloody hurrah before retirementNawaz Sharif , of course, would like to see the back of Gen Raheel Sharif, with four Lt-Generals in the reckoning to succeed him.
13 Jul, 2018, 10.35 PM IST
Pakistan's top general accuses India of targeting CPECGen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, alleged that India's Research and Analysis Wing was targeting the C...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
Indian High Commissioner meets Pakistan's NSAThis meeting happened in the backdrop of phone call between the two NSAs last week and decision by the two countries to put to rest the iss...
03 Apr, 2018, 09.21 PM IST
General Qamar Bajwa's pro-democratic credentials tilted the balance: Pakistan mediaThe military has been in charge of the country for more than half of Pakistan's nearly 70-year history since independence from Britain.
28 Nov, 2016, 06.20 PM IST
PM Nawaz Sharif to decide on successor to General Raheel Sharif: DMAsif said that Gen Raheel, who will retire on November 29, will send a list of the senior most general to Prime Minister Sharif.
21 Nov, 2016, 09.45 PM IST
Pakistan appoints army chief's ally Rizwan Akhtar as ISI chiefPakistan has appointed Rizwan Akhtar, considered a close ally of its army chief, to head the country's most powerful intelligence agency.
22 Sep, 2014, 07.39 PM IST
Pakistan test-fires short-range missile 'Hatf III'Gen Mahmood commended the troops on achieving technical and operational excellence in operating the state-of-the-art weapon system, the sta...
22 Apr, 2014, 03.26 PM IST
Taliban welcome resignation of Pakistani general Lt Gen Haroon AslamThe Pakistani Taliban has welcomed the resignation of Lt Gen Haroon Aslam, who quit after he was superseded.
29 Nov, 2013, 05.10 PM IST
Lt Gen Haroon Aslam resigns after he fails to become Pakistan Army chiefAslam was the senior most General after Kayani. However, Sharif yesterday appointed Lt Gen Raheel Sharif as the 15th Chief of the Army Staf...
28 Nov, 2013, 01.55 PM IST
Raheel Sharif chosen as new Pakistan's army chief: Government official57-year-old Raheel Sharif comes from a family of soldiers whose elder brother died in the 1971 war with India.
28 Nov, 2013, 04.39 AM IST
- New ISI chief Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam shares tenuous link with Shahrukh Khan
Pakistan's new ISI chief is the nephew of Indian National Army hero Shah Nawaz Khan and through him, shares a tenuous link with Shahrukh Kh...
10 Mar, 2012, 03.36 PM IST
- Mumbai attacks: Pak asks India to provide 'solid evidence'
In the face of growing international pressure to act against elements linked to the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan's civil and military le...
07 Dec, 2008, 12.09 PM IST