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Hormuz oil shock echoes 1973 embargo lessonsThe recent Strait of Hormuz closure, though brief, signals a potential turning point for global energy. Echoing the 1973 oil embargo, this ...
Pakistan: A grim shadow falls on Asim Munir's moment in the sunA leaked diplomatic cable reveals US pressure on Pakistan to remove former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The document suggests a no-confidence...
A quiet Gulf player may steal Pakistan’s ‘miracle’ momentNegotiations around a possible Iran–US ceasefire have shifted focus towards a Gulf state near the Strait of Hormuz, raising questions over ...
Pakistan's military chief Asim Munir takes lead on US-Iran talks in diplomatic blitzPakistan's military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is in Tehran carrying US proposals for a second round of US-Iran peace talks. Prime Mi...
Is Munir planning to oust Pakistan's President? A sense of deja vu in India's neighbourhoodSpeculation of a military takeover is swirling in Pakistan, coinciding with the 47th anniversary of Gen Zia-ul-Haq’s 1977 coup. Army Chief ...
Attempted coup d'etat with foreign links thwarted in KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security has thwarted a coup attempt with foreign links, suppressing preparations for ethnic clas...
Pak Army has perfected art of 'non-coup coup': HaqqaniHaqqani served as Pakistan's ambassador from 2008 to 2011 in the US and was removed for his alleged role in what is known as the Memogate c...
Pakistan govt weak; recent protests have emboldened extremists: USPakistan witnessed countrywide protests by hardline religious groups after a reference to the Prophet Muhammad was left out of a revised ve...
Turkey backs Pakistan's stance of sending OIC team to KashmirPakistan has raised the Kashmir issue at the UN and demanded sending a fact finding team to the Valley to probe the alleged human rights vi...
Hasina criticises Pakistan, United States over coup convicts' repatriationPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused Pakistan, the US and Canada of non-cooperation in repatriating the fugitive convicted killers of h...
Overcome the fear of coups, don’t let it subvert defence reformsCommenting on the controversy over an alleged coup attempt by the Indian Army in January 2012, defence minister AK Antony recently said tha...
Nawaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan Prime Minister for unprecedented third termNawaz Sharif was today sworn in as Pakistan's Prime Minister for a record third term, as he vowed to revive the country's ailing economy.
- ISI had no information on any coup plans in Pakistan: Ahmed Shuja Pasha
"If there was a threat, the ISI would have known about it," Pasha said while deposing before a judicial commission probing a mysterious mem...
What coup in Pakistan?The army won't take over without extreme provocation. It will rather prefer a change of civilian leadership to a naked powergrab.
- A coup in Pak will destabilise the region: NYT
Pakistan could see a repeat of the "disastrous" pattern of civilian governments being cast aside by military coups, US media reports said.
- No assurances against military coup in Pakistan: US
"This is a matter for Pakistani officials and the government leaders there, military and civilian, to work out," Navy Capt John Kirby said.
Slim chance of an army coup in PakistanMilitary has ruled the country for more than half of its existence and pulled strings when out of power. As such, speculation is bound to t...
- Pervez Musharraf to launch his political party in London
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former military dictator, is set to launch a new political party the 'All Pakistan Muslim league' in the UK.
- Musharraf warns of new military coup in Pakistan
The retired general said army chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani could be forced to intervene against the goverment of President Asif Ali Zardari w...
- Kayani may do a Musharraf: Reports
After the Lahore attack, the stability of Pak has been called into question.