Monday, May 13, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan voted against the incumbent Pakistan People’s Party-led government, its allies, corruption, bad governance, terrorism, energy crisis, unemployment, and pro-American thinking. Saturday’s historic polls, which ...

Friday, May 10, 2013
Mumtaz Alvi & Shakil Shaikh
Troops deployment at sensitive polling stations be ensured Shows dissatisfaction over security plan; GHQ gives prompt and positive respons. ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim, on ...

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Around 50,000 troops would be deployed to maintain law and order during the May 11 elections as the Pakistan Army is fully prepared to ensure smooth polling throughout the country. Top military commanders responded to ...

Friday, April 12, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: The May 11 general elections-related security plan was given final touches by the top military commanders with around 40,000 troops to ensure peace and law and order during the polls. The matter of preparing and ...

Saturday, March 30, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: At a time when the peace process was moving forward, Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s somersaults stunned Pakistan and its leadership as perhaps he appears to be a losing warrior. “Karzai’s recent anti-Pakistan ...

Thursday, March 28, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Around 50,000 troops, along with their back-up security network, will be deployed for law and order and security duties during the May 11 general elections in Pakistan, a top military source told The News on Wednesday. The ...

Saturday, March 09, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s defence attachés in India, China and South Africa got promotion to the rank of major general besides 26 other brigadiers on Friday. Chairing the meeting of the Army Promotion Board, the Chief of the Army ...

Saturday, February 16, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Friday successfully test-fired short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf-II, also known as Abdali. The test-fire was a part of the process of validation of land-based ballistic missile systems. ...

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan conducted a successful test fire of short range surface-to-surface missile Hatf IX (NASR) on Monday; the test fire was conducted with successive launches of two missiles from a state-of-the-art multi-tube ...

Friday, February 01, 2013
Shakil Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Defence Minister General Bismillah Khan termed Pakistan as a natural destination for training of Afghan National Security Forces. “Thousands of Afghans are studying in civil institutions of Pakistan and ...