Five stars, one agenda: Asim Munir tightens grip on PakistanGeneral Asim Munir is now Field Marshal in Pakistan. The move is seen as political amid military setbacks. Imran Khan criticized the decisi...
23 May, 2025, 11.50 PM IST
Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik appointed as new DG of Pakistan's spy agency ISILt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed as the new Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He will replace ...
23 Sep, 2024, 04.42 PM IST
Former Pakistan Army chief Javed Bajwa blames politicians for 1971 war debacleIn one of the several farewells meetups, he categorically said "1971 was not a military, but a political failure. Our army fought courageou...
30 Nov, 2022, 01.00 AM IST
India, Pakistan would be better off keeping neocolonial wolves at bayThe US would have similar expectations from India to weaken the Russia-China axis in the region. The US knows that India's counter terroris...
16 Apr, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
Pakistan's new government won't risk normalising ties with India till Imran Khan is pinned downThe army had huge expectations from its former protege, Imran Khan, who, on the contrary, plunged the country into political turmoil and in...
08 Apr, 2022, 11.51 PM IST
74 passengers killed in Pakistan train infernoFlames roared through the train cars as the train approached the town of Liaquatpur in Punjab. Authorities said they were still trying to i...
31 Oct, 2019, 10.03 PM IST
Masood Azhar suspected to be afflicted with renal failure; undergoes regular dialysisThis suggestion of security officials came after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the JeM chief is "unwell".
02 Mar, 2019, 12.25 PM IST
No change of heart: Why Pakistan now offers intelligence cooperation with IndiaFor the past 48 hours the nation has been on tenterhooks. In other words, the nation has been terrorised without the terrorists having show...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.21 PM IST
Pakistan to deploy troops in Saudi ArabiaThe decision may also create tension in Pakistan's internal politics as parliament had passed a resolution at the start of the Yemen crisis...
16 Feb, 2018, 03.35 PM IST
Qamar Bajwa takes over as Pakistan army chief; promises to improve LoC tensionGeneral Qamar Javed Bajwa today took over as Pakistan's new army chief, succeeding Gen Raheel Sharif at a ceremony held in Rawalpindi.
29 Nov, 2016, 04.53 PM IST
Weeks before Kargil conflict, Pervez Musharraf crossed LoC, spent night in India: AideCol (retired) Ashfaq Hussain said Musharraf flew across the LoC on March 28, 1999 and travelled 11 km into the Indian side.
01 Feb, 2013, 06.10 PM IST
- US asks Pakistan to find Ilyas Kashmiri
The US has asked Pakistan to hunt down Ilyas Kashmiri, the HuJI commander who acted as David Headley’s handler.
07 Jan, 2010, 04.39 AM IST
- Sharif defiant, troops deployed in Pak capital
Pakistan ordered troops to be deployed at sensitive areas.
14 Mar, 2009, 08.57 PM IST
- Pak moves fresh troops to border; limits anti-militancy drive
Pak military has scaled down operations against Taliban militants in northwest and changes have been made in troop deployments. Implication...
27 Dec, 2008, 01.27 AM IST
- Musharraf loyalist army commander replaced
Amid speculation that President Pervez Musharraf may step down, a top Pakistan army commander seen as his protege has been replaced.
29 May, 2008, 04.43 PM IST
- Is Musharraf planning to call it a day?
Political circles in the Pakistani capital were on Thursday abuzz with reports that President Pervez Musharraf might opt to step down in th...
29 May, 2008, 03.49 PM IST
- 'Musharraf may announce decision to quit very soon'
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is learnt to have made up his mind to quit Presidency very soon, in order to have a safe passage and pr...
29 May, 2008, 12.19 PM IST