Islamabad: In an apparent bid to reach a truce with the Army over the Memogate scandal, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that the government was not at war with the Army. "We are not at war with the military. There is no war. This is part of evolution. It will evolve and simmer down. He further defended his prime minister saying that Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani's remarks...
11:08 AM, Jan 07, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari sought on Friday to ease concerns that tensions between his government and the powerful military could deepen instability in the nuclear-armed country fighting a Taliban insurgency. An increasingly unpopular figure, Zardari faces his worst political crises since taking office in 2008, and some wonder whether he and his government can survive. The biggest pressure comes from a scandal over an unsigned memo that accused...
12:10 AM, Jan 07, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday embarked on a five-day official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese leadership. The visit comes amidst continuing tensions in Pakistan's relations with the US. The powerful army chief will call on the political and military leadership of China during the visit, the Inter-Services Public Relations said in a brief statement. Kayani's interactions will "encompass the complete range...
04:49 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Lahore: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said "a good number of ex-servicemen" are ready to join his party on his planned homecoming next month from self-exile abroad, amid reports that some 100 retired senior Army officers have shown willingness to do so. Musharraf, who has been living in self-exile since early 2009, said he will announce a date for his return when he addresses a public meeting in Karachi...
01:16 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Islamabad: Amidst strains between the civilian government and the military, Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was conspicuous by his absence at an official dinner hosted by President Asif Ali Zardari. The powerful army chief stayed away from the dinner hosted by Zardari on Saturday in honour of China's top diplomat, State Councillor Dai Bingguo, official sources said. Kayani was among those invited to the event, the sources said....
04:27 PM, Dec 25, 2011
Islamabad: Amidst strains between the civilian government and the military, Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was conspicuous by his absence at an official dinner hosted on Saturday by President Asif Ali Zardari. The powerful army chief stayed away from the dinner hosted by Zardari in honour of China's top diplomat, State Councillor Dai Bingguo, official sources said. According to sources, Kayani was among those invited to the event....
11:40 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday dismissed speculation of a military takeover as "misleading", saying they were being used as a "bogey" to divert the focus from "real issues". The statement came a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani warned that conspiracies were being hatched to "pack up" his government. "The Army is fully cognizant of its constitutional obligations and responsibilities," an army...
05:03 PM, Dec 23, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful army is fed up with unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari and wants him out of office, but through legal means and without a repeat of the coups that are a hallmark of the country's 64 years of independence, military sources said. Tensions are rising between Pakistan's civilian leaders and its generals over a memo that accused the army of plotting a coup after the US raid that...
08:21 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Washington: Asserting that its US-led NATO forces "legitimately responded in self-defense" after being fired upon on November 26, NATO on Thursday said that mistakes were committed on both sides that resulted in the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers. "The combined international and Afghan force was initially fired upon by unidentified forces, then believed not to be Pakistani military, and legitimately responded in self-defense," NATO said in a statement soon after...
06:24 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Former Delhi police commissioner Ajay Raj Sharma says MPs were lucky that the attack was foiled. ...
02:19 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to deploy air defence weapons on its border with Afghanistan to pre-empt fresh attacks by NATO and allied forces in the wake of a cross-border airstrike that killed 24 soldiers. According to a media report on Friday, the decision to deploy air defence weapons has been made as the country re-evaluates its strategy for safeguarding its western borders from air raids, the Pakistan Army's Director General...
12:06 PM, Dec 09, 2011
Asfandyar Wali Khan is the President of the Awami National Party and presently MP in Pakistan's Parliament. He spoke to CNN-IBN's Marya Shakil on a range of issues from the Bonn conference, NATO attacks, threat of coup in Pakistan to rival politician Imran Khan. ...
04:12 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday gave his troops "full liberty" to respond to any further cross-border attacks by NATO forces in Afghanistan in the wake of an air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, official sources said on Friday. The powerful army chief told commanders of units deployed along the western border with Afghanistan that they had "full liberty of action to respond (by) employing...
10:37 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Now that the Headley revelations are out, the question is: did the US fail India in preventing the Mumbai attacks? ...
11:07 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Islamabad: In a major border flare-up, 25 Pakistani soldiers were killed when NATO helicopters from Afghanistan fired on a check post in the country's northwest, prompting Islamabad to cut off all supplies for US and allied forces in Afghanistan. Two officers, a major and a captain, were among those killed when the helicopters targeted the check post at Baizai area of Mohmand tribal region on Friday night, state-run PTV reported....
01:31 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Now that the Headley revelations are out, the question is: did the US fail India in preventing the Mumbai terror attacks? Suhasini Haidar in conversation with Sebastian Rotella of Propublica; Shuja Nawaz, author of 'Crossed Swords: Pakistan's Army and the War within' and B Raman, Intelligence Analyst. ...
04:56 PM, Nov 22, 2011
On Board Air India One: Asserting that he is not putting "blinding faith" in his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani for pushing bilateral dialogue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said Pakistan's armed forces were "on board" on the peace process. He said India wanted to strengthen the hands of the civilian government in Pakistan and that Gilani, whom he met in Male on Thursday, has "clearly understood" that one...
08:36 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Islamabad: A top Taliban commander in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday threatened to scrap an unofficial peace deal with the army, citing recurring US drone attacks and demolition carried out by the military in Miranshah. Hafiz Gul Bahadur, who is believed to have links with groups like the Haqqani terror network, issued the warning in an Urdu pamphlet distributed in the market of Miranshah, the main town...
06:27 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says the current talks between India and Pakistan have the backing of the Army. ...
08:06 AM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: Sources say that there was a ceasefire Violation in Krishna Ghati in Poonch sector of Jamuu and Kashmir on Sunday. It is reported that the firing began at around 10:30 pm on Saturday. sources claim that the Indian Army retaliated the attack and the exchange of fire continued for about one-and-a-half hours. There are no casualty reports so far. ...
12:03 PM, Oct 23, 2011
