Needle of suspicion pointing towards Pak Army, ISI over Osama’s support network
May 5th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5(ANI): American and European intelligence officials increasingly believe that active or retired Pakistani military or intelligence officials provided some measure of aid to Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, allowing ... Read more...
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Ex-ISI officials may be behind 2008 Mumbai attacks: Pak Army
April 26th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 26(ANI): Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Athar Abbas has hinted at the involvement of retired Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officials in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, but categorically ... Read more...
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Pak Army to pull out of Sui, Gwadar in two months
April 19th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Gwadar, April 19(ANI): Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has expressed his intent to pull out troops from Sui and Gwadar in the next two months.During his address at the inauguration ... Read more...
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Zardari believes LeT-supporter Pak Army playing double game on terror: Ex-CIA officer
April 19th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 19(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has accused the army, which covertly supports the 2008 Mumbai attacks perpetrator Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), of playing a double game in the ongoing war ... Read more...
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Pak Army bound by Constitution to keep away from all political activities: Chief Justice
April 17th, 2011 - 11:48 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 17(ANI): Quoting Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's statement that "a country does not have to be fit for democracy; rather it has to become fit through democracy," Pakistan Chief Justice ... Read more...
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Pak Army to penalise corrupt generals involved in 1.8-bn-rupee scandal
March 21st, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 21(ANI): Pakistan's military leadership has shown its willingness to penalise generals involved in the 1.8-billion-rupee corruption scandal at the army-owned National Logistics Cell (NLC).Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Chaudhry ... Read more...
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‘Anti-Americanism’ poses bigger challenge for Pak Army than Taliban
March 17th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Nizh Narai (Pakistan), Mar 17(ANI): Fighting 'anti-Americanism' that prevails among Ahmedzai Wazir tribes in South Waziristan is more challenging for the Pakistan Army than taking on the Taliban in the region ... Read more...
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Pak Army should remain restricted to defence, national security issues: Rafique
March 14th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 14(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League- N (PML-N) leader Khwaja Saad Rafique has criticised Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas's statement regarding the country's defence budget, and said the military should ... Read more...
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Pak Army responsible for country’s existential confusion: Mira Sethi
March 14th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 14(ANI): Pakistan's existential confusion is the outcome of the "grand strategic designs" of its army, which advocates an anti-India ideology, shelters jihadists and cows liberal civilian politicians, Mira Sethi, ... Read more...
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Pak Army admits majority of US drone attack casualties were terrorists, foreigners
March 9th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Miramshah, Mar 9(ANI): The Pakistan military has given the official version of US drone attacks in the nation's tribal region for the first time, and said that most of those killed ... Read more...
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Pak Army, ISI unwilling to take on Taliban despite being their direct target
March 9th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 9(ANI): The Pakistani military and the nation's premier spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence have shown reluctance to take on the conglomerate of terror groups inside Pakistan despite being their direct ... Read more...
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MQM calls on Pak Army to save country from clutches of ‘feudal lords’
March 1st, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Mar 1(ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder-leader Altaf Hussain has called upon the Pakistan Army to save the beleaguered country.Making a telephonic address from London at the 24th foundation day of ... Read more...
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Pak Army-funded TV drama depicts heroism of Taliban-fighting soldiers
February 10th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 10(ANI): Emotive tales of Pakistan's Taliban-fighting soldiers are being aired on television in an army-funded drama that casts the war on terror in a positive light.The multimillion-dollar drama is ... Read more...
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Pak Army too says only court can decide murder-accused US diplomat’s case
February 10th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 10(ANI): The top brass of the Pakistan Army has supported the government's decision on the double murder-accused US diplomat Raymond Davis' case, saying that it is a sub judice matter ... Read more...
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Another petition seeking Karachi handover to Pak Army filed in Supreme Court
January 27th, 2011 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Jan 27(ANI): Another petition seeking the handing over of Karachi to Pakistan's Armed Forces has been filed in the Supreme Court's Lahore registry.Filed by one Rana Ilumddin, the petition stated ... Read more...
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Pak Army-funded TV drama to depict heroism of Taliban-fighting soldiers
January 17th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 17(ANI): Emotive tales of Pakistan's Taliban-fighting soldiers will air on television in an army-funded drama that casts the war on terror in a positive light.The multimillion-dollar drama will be ... Read more...
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‘I can never even imagine that Pak Army will be against me’: Musharraf
January 17th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 17(ANI): Former president Pervez Musharraf, who launched his own political party last year in a bid to return to Pakistan politics, has said he can "never even imagine" that ... Read more...
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Pakistan-Multiple Crises (Part I)
January 6th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
By Vikram SoodNew Delhi, Jan.6 (ANI): Two to three years has been the average life span of elected governments in Pakistan ever since Z A Bhutto was PM from 1973 to ... Read more...
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Pak Army should declare “jihad” against US forces’ ground raids in tribal areas: JUI-F
December 24th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 24 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazalur Rehman has strongly criticised US media reports on the military operation in Pakistan's tribal region, saying the Pakistan Army should declare 'jihad' in ... Read more...
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Pak Army will ‘very possibly’ succeed in tackling Taliban havens in country: Mullen
December 19th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Dec 19 (ANI): Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, remains positive that the Pakistani military will 'very possibly' succeed in shutting down Taliban hideouts on its soil ... Read more...
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‘Pak Army paid wages to terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba’
December 18th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): The Pakistan Army "paid wages" to terror organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and sustained it, according to a diplomatic cable unveiled by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.According to the January 2009 ... Read more...
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Pak Army ready with strategy for post-NATO Afghanistan: Military commander
December 7th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec 7 (ANI): Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Asif Yasin has ruled out rumours about a fresh offensive against terrorists, saying that an operation in North Waziristan is underway, a ... Read more...
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Pak Army supports political set-up within constitutional limits: ISPR
December 4th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Dec 4(ANI): The Pakistan Army is pursuing a clear policy of supporting the country's political set-up within constitutional limits, and Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani respects all political leaderships, ... Read more...
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Pak Army’s proposal to mediate between US, Mullah Omar rejected: WikiLeaks
December 4th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Dec 4(ANI): The Pakistan Army had offered to mediate between the US with Taliban leader Mullah Omar, said Afghan intelligence chief Amarullah Saleh, a diplomatic cable unveiled by whistle-blower website ... Read more...
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HR council condemns murder of Baloch politician’s relatives by Pak Army
December 3rd, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 3 (ANI): Baloch Human Rights Council (UK) has condemned the "brutal and inhuman act" of the Pakistan Army, who reportedly bombarded a Baloch politician's house and killed five people there."Baloch ... Read more...
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Pak Army’s re-focus on Indian border instead of FATA was terrorists’ aim behind 26/11?
December 2nd, 2010 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 2 (ANI): The 2008 Mumbai attacks may have been a success for terrorists, if their plan was to ensure that the Pakistan Army would not shift its troops from the ... Read more...
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US kept Pak Army’s extra-judicial killings in Swat secret
December 1st, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): The United States refused to comment publicly on the culture of revenge in the Pakistan Army resulted in hundreds of extra-judicial killings in Swat Valley and tribal ... Read more...
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‘Pak Army waiting for “appropriate time” to launch N. Waziristan operation’
November 26th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Nov 26 (ANI): Despite US pressure, Pakistan will not launch a military offensive in the North Waziristan region until it has completed its operation in Orakzai, stabilised Swat and Bajaur, and ... Read more...
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Pak Army has allowed US military presence in Quetta: Pentagon report
November 25th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): Pakistan has allowed the United States military and its coalition partners in Afghanistan to maintain a presence in Quetta, Balochistan, the US Department of Defence told Congress in ... Read more...
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Pak Army continues to be “India-centric”: Admiral Mullen
November 21st, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): While Pakistan's border areas alongside neighbouring Afghanistan are the "epicentre of terrorism" in the world, the Pakistan Amy continues to be "India-centric," US Joint Chiefs of Staff ... Read more...
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Taliban tenacity, ineffective governance negating Pak army gains in S.Waziristan
November 20th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Wana (Pakistan), Nov 20 (ANI): Although the Pakistan army had launched a major offensive in South Waziristan one year ago, bands of fighters continue to assert their presence with gunfire, rockets ... Read more...
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Handless Kargil war soldier threatens suicide over Pak Army, govt’s apathy
November 13th, 2010 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 13 (ANI): A Pakistani Army soldier, who participated in the Kargil War against India and lost his hands, is planning to commit suicide along with his wife and children due ... Read more...
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“Pak Army always in favour of resolution of all disputes including Kashmir”: Musharraf
November 13th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): Despite the Pakistan military being perceived as "intransigent" by the world, it has always been in favour of resolution of all disputes, including Kashmir, former military ruler ... Read more...
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Pak Army saving Afghan Taliban while country bleeds with mosque attacks: Editorial
November 7th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 7 (ANI): While mosques in Pakistan are being targeted by terrorists, causing a huge number of casualities, the Army is following its policy of "saving the Afghan Taliban for ... Read more...
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Pak Army ‘illegally’ gave funds to Bugti’s rivals under Musharraf’s call: Audit report
October 28th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 28 (ANI): The Pakistani Army had distributed illegal funds to the rivals of Nawab Akbar Bugti between 2000 and 2002, according to an audit report.The Audit department report presented ... Read more...
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