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: 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
Islamabad: Pakistan army and the government on Thursday reacted sharply warning India against any Abbottabad-like "misadventure", saying it would be responded to "very strongly" that could lead to a "terrible catastrophe". The warning came after a meeting of the Corps Commanders chaired by Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, which decided to reduce the level of US military personnel in Pakistan and threatened to review intelligence cooperation with it, if a repeat...
10:26 PM, May 05, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's army threatened on Thursday to review cooperation with the United States if it conducted more raids like the one that killed Osama bin Laden. "COAS made it clear that any similar action violating the sovereignty of Pakistan will warrant a review on the level of military/intelligence cooperation with the United States," the army said in a statement, referring to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani. It was...
08:13 PM, May 05, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistan army has once again denied the involvement of its intelligence agency the ISI in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes. But it does not rule out the involvement of former ISI and ex-army officers. Speaking to CNN-IBNs Suhasini Haidar, Pakistan Army Spokesperson Major General Athar Abbas denied the ISI's involvement but significantly added that the involvement of retired or former ISI and Pakistani army men could not be ...
07:55 AM, Apr 25, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistan army has once again denied the involvement of its intelligence agency the ISI in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes. But it does not rule out the involvement of former ISI and ex-army officers. Speaking to CNN-IBNs Suhasini Haidar, Pakistan Army Spokesperson Major General Athar Abbas denied the ISI's involvement but significantly added that the involvement of retired or former ISI and Pakistani army men could not be...
07:55 AM, Apr 25, 2011
Jammu: Pakistani troops fired mortar shells at two Indian posts in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district in an attempt to provide cover fire to a group of infiltrators, Army sources said here Sunday. "There was heavy mortar shell firing from across the Line of Control in Jhallas sector late last (Saturday) night. The Indian posts of Kirpan and Kranti were targeted. However, there was no loss of life on the...
11:33 AM, Sep 19, 2010
London: Britain is firming up plans to move in its elite SAS commandos into Pakistan in the event of a military coup, claims a report published in
The Daily Express newspaper. Quoting diplomatic sources, the paper claims that the commandos have been put on stand-by in Afghanistan where British troops are engaged in anti-Taliban operations. UK plans to move them into Pakistan to evacuate British diplomats and nationals. The paper...
03:32 PM, Sep 12, 2010
Islamabad: The floods in Pakistan may have increased the chances of the army taking over from what is seen as an inept civilian government, claim Pakistani media. Reports coming out of Pakistan hint that the army and its allies are pushing for the formation of a national government without the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party headed by President Asif Ali Zardari. The reports speculate that the only person to emerge with...
10:35 AM, Aug 21, 2010
![Pak's defence spending costs it people food]( "Pak's defence spending costs it people food")
Almost half of country's population of 170 mn lacks food security. ...
04:19 PM, Jun 03, 2010
The Pakistani army's links to the Kabul attack in which 16 people including seven Indians were killed, have been exposed. ...
08:12 PM, Jun 01, 2010
The prosecution giving its final argument in 26/11 case on Tuesday. ...
06:14 PM, Mar 09, 2010
CNN-IBN had reported Pak is selling acres of land belonging to gurudwaras. ...
11:21 PM, Dec 29, 2009
New Delhi will now raise the issue with Islamabad. ...
10:53 PM, Dec 18, 2009
Pakistan Minority Ministry has ordered an inquiry in the case. ...
12:20 AM, Dec 18, 2009
This is in violation of Pak regulations of not selling land of any religious place. ...
07:56 PM, Dec 17, 2009
Gilani first said military operation in S Waziristan had concluded. ...
01:48 AM, Dec 13, 2009
Soldiers have advanced faster than expected in their month-long offensive. ...
09:23 PM, Nov 17, 2009
Military offensive against militants pushes deeper into Waziristan. ...
09:54 PM, Nov 01, 2009
Police recovered Kalashnikov rifles, grenades, a rocket launcher from him. ...
09:08 AM, Oct 28, 2009
