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
Srinagar: A top army commander has said the arrest of a militant while he was sneaking into Kashmir Valley in Machhil sector near LoC has exposed the nexus involving ISI, Pakistan Army and terror outfits. "The arrest of Pakistani national and LeT militant (Nissar Ahmed) has exposed the nexus between the ISI, Pakistan Army and terror outfits in training, arming and psychological indoctrination of Pakistani youth for infiltrating and carrying...
04:47 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Washington: Pakistan's counter-terrorism measures have failed to yield results in 2011 with insurgent activities gaining ground and operational situation facing the military in the country continuing to deteriorate, US President Barack Obama has informed the Congress. "The return of militant-inspired violence after a four-month lull following the 2010 floods demonstrated how insurgent elements have managed to survive and even return to many areas previously cleared by the Pakistan military," a...
12:00 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan will not take military action against the Haqqani network despite growing US pressure, even as the country's top military commanders have agreed on the need to de-escalate the situation. According to media reports, these decisions were made at a special meeting of the Corps Commanders chaired by Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Sunday. A military official was quoted as saying by the Express Tribune that...
11:01 AM, Sep 26, 2011
Washington: The standoff between the US and Pakistan has hit a new low with an American Congressman blaming Islamabad for masterminding attacks on American soldiers. Lindsey Graham, a Republican Congressman said that the US should consider military action against Pakistan if it continued to support terrorist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan. "The sovereign nation of Pakistan is engaging in hostile acts against the United States and our ally Afghanistan,...
07:39 AM, Sep 26, 2011
New York: An advertisement by Pakistan in America's leading daily the Wall Street Journal on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks has not gone down well with readers in New York with some calling the ad a "joke" and questioning how a country where Osama bin Laden was hiding safely for years can "claim to be a victim of terrorism". Readers posted their reaction to the half-page advertisement in...
01:15 PM, Sep 13, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan has placed an advertisement in the US media to reach out to America on 9/11. "Which country can do more for your peace," asks the advertisement in the Wall Street Journal. "Since 2001, a nation of 180 million has been fighting for the future of the world's seven billion." Dawn reported that Islamabad had initially given this advertisement to The New York Times but they refused to carry...
09:17 AM, Sep 13, 2011
New Delhi: The daughter of an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, who was killed when a Pakistan Air Force combat pilot shot down his civilian aircraft during the 1965 Indo-Pak war, has 'forgiven' her father's killer. Forgiving former PAF pilot Qais Hussain, Farida Singh - daughter of IAF pilot Jahangir Engineer - said her father would have liked the apology to bring a spark of forgiveness between the people of...
11:13 AM, Aug 12, 2011
Washington: Pakistan nurtured extremist groups to fight "proxy irregular" war against India, while its military benefited from presenting New Delhi as a threat, a top Pentagon official told US lawmakers. "Pakistan has viewed India itself and Indian (or any other nation's) domination of Afghanistan as an existential threat, and has taken steps it believes are necessary to counter this threat, including developing nuclear weapons and nurturing extremist groups to fight...
10:27 AM, Jul 22, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday pledged to continue the fight against al-Qaeda and its affiliates but said there could be no military solution to the problem of terrorism. "Pakistan's commitment to the war against al-Qaeda and its affiliates is total and unwavering. Pakistan firmly believes in taking stern action against all terrorists groups," Kayani said in his address to a seminar at Mingora in...
11:54 PM, Jul 06, 2011
New Delhi: The popular drama series Faseel-e-Jaan Se Aagay on PTV Home channel salutes Pakistan's soldiers who are embroiled in the battle against terrorism. The telefilms feature real soldiers as actors, who feel that it is a part of their duty to bring the stories of their fellow soldiers on to the screen for the world to know. The series started its second season this month. According to media reports,...
06:47 PM, Jun 18, 2011
Washington: Pakistan Army and its Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani should be given some time and space for introspection in the aftermath of the US raid in Abbottabad that killed al-Qeada chief Osama bin Laden and the developments since then, top Pentagon official said on Thursday. "What he's (Kayani) going through right now, what the Pakistani military is going through right now, obviously, is considerable introspection based on recent events?...
02:29 AM, Jun 17, 2011
Islamabad: The US had asked Pakistani leadership not to humiliate Pervez Musharraf after he stepped down as the country's President on the promise of indemnity against prosecution, according to WikiLeaks cables. "Don't humiliate Musharraf. He should be treated as an elderly statesman in Pakistan and it would be good for the country's image if he would be allowed to stay in the country," the then US Ambassdor to Islamabad Ann...
10:35 PM, Jun 08, 2011
New Delhi: India has conveyed its concerns to France over its sale of armament to Pakistan amid apprehensions that such supplies are used for purposes other than fight against terror. "Yes it was raised," French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said when asked whether such concerns were conveyed during his meetings with his Indian counterpart A K Antony and Chiefs of Army and Navy. India is concerned over military supplies by...
02:21 PM, May 27, 2011
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12:08 AM, May 24, 2011
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Not only is the Pakistani public angry, but this is the first time in the country's 63 years that the Army chief and the head ...
10:13 AM, May 23, 2011
Jammu: In the fourth ceasefire violation within a week, Pakistan Rangers targeted Indian positions by opening unprovoked firing along the international border in Jammu sector. Pakistan rangers opened unprovoked firing from their forward areas of Sailkote district on the Border Out Posts at Kote-Kubba in Jammu's Arnia sub-sector, a senior BSF officer told PTI. The firing took place twice between 9 pm on Wednesday night and 0100 hours on Thursday,...
11:01 PM, May 19, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday activated its air defence radars on the western border with Afghanistan. PAF said that the radars had been activated as all foreign forces in Afghanistan are considered threats. PAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleiman, however, claimed that the radars were not jammed during the raid by US Navy SEALs operation in Abbottabad to kill al Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama...
01:14 PM, May 10, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan government is expected to hike the defence budget for the next fiscal year by 12 per cent to Rs 495 billion though the total military spending is likely to be more than Rs 767 billion, according to a media report on Tuesday. The "stated" defence budget for 2011-12 is likely to be Rs 495 billion, an increase of Rs 53 billion or 12 per cent over the previous...
12:43 PM, May 10, 2011
