Pakistan Military

Army Rejects Pak Military's Claim Of Killing 5 Indian Soldiers In J&K

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 15, 2019

The Indian Army on Thursday called as "fictitious" the Pakistan military's claim of killing five Indian soldiers during a cross-border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistani Military Feared Being "Sandwiched" Between India, Afghanistan: Imran Khan

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 24, 2019

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his country's military "fears" a "two-front situation" with India and Afghanistan, adding that the leadership had called for "strategic depth" in their military doctrine to avoid being "sandwiched between India and Afghanistan".

Pak Military To Voluntarily Cut Defence Budget, Imran Khan Praises Move

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 5, 2019

In an unprecedented voluntary move, Pakistan's military has decided to cut its defence budget for the next fiscal year amid an austerity drive launched by the government to help solve the cash-strapped nation's economic problems.

US Transfers Funds Meant For Afghanistan, Pakistan To Build Mexico Border Wall

World News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 12, 2019

The United States is transferring $1.5 billion originally meant for the Afghan security forces and the Pakistan military to a fund to help pay for construction of the US-Mexican border wall, according to acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan.

Pakistan's ISI Snoops On Its Own Citizens In Bid To Control Social Media

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 11, 2019

Pakistan's government and its spy agency ISI have started snooping on its own people. Threats, arrests, blocked accounts and restricted posts -- Big Brother is watching more closely than ever across Pakistan, as authorities accelerate efforts to censor social networks, further reducing an already shrunken space for dissent in Pakistan.

Islamabad Denies US Report On China's Secret Plan To Build Jets In Pakistan

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 28, 2018

Pakistan has said that the so-called 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor' or 'CPEC' is a bilateral "economic project" between the two nations. India has strongly opposed the so-called 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor' as it passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Pakistan's Government Told To Release Indian Man Jailed By Military Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 14, 2018

A top court in Pakistan on Thursday gave a one-month deadline to the federal government to complete formalities to deport Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari, whose three-year jail term will end on December 15.

As Pakistan Faces Trump Attacks, Its Army Seeks Peace With India: Report

World News | Chris Kay, Bloomberg | Friday December 7, 2018

"Saying that the military is on board suggests to the Indians that this time it will be different, since Pakistan's military and intelligence apparatus has been perceived as disruptors to formal rapprochement processes," said Shamila Chaudhary, a former White House and State Department official and now a fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of...

Pakistan Military Says "Patience" Tested Ahead Of Mass Blasphemy Protests

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday November 2, 2018

Pakistan's powerful military warned Friday its patience had been thoroughly tested after being threatened by Islamist hardliners enraged by the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy, as the country braced for more mass protests.

Army Asks Pak To Take Back Bodies Of 2 Intruders In Combat Uniform

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 22, 2018

The Indian Army has asked the Pakistan military to take back bodies of two "intruders" from that country who were killed in a gunfight along the Line of Control in Sunderbani sector of Jammu on Sunday, official sources said.

China Announces 48 High-End Drones For Pak, Days After India's S-400 Deal

World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 9, 2018

China will sell 48 high-end military drones to its "all-weather ally" Pakistan in what a military observer said will be the largest deal of its kind between the two countries, official media in Beijing reported on Tuesday.

Pak Journalist Whose Reports Angered Army To Be Arrested For Treason

World News | Kamran Haider, Bloomberg | Tuesday September 25, 2018

A Pakistani court ordered the arrest of prominent journalist Cyril Almeida on charges of leaking sensitive material after he wrote news reports that angered the nation's powerful military.

Pak Aid Cut Despite Risk That Terrorists Could Get Hold Of Nukes: US

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 13, 2018

The US' decision to suspend military aid to nuclear-armed Pakistan was not taken lightly as the Trump administration was concerned that the country's atomic weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists, National Security Adviser John Bolton has said.

After Funding Cut, No Money To Train Pak Military Officers On US Soil

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 11, 2018

Donald Trump has suspended more than a decade-long military training programme of Pakistani personnel at US institutions, a media report said today, days after Islamabad and Moscow signed an agreement to allow Pakistani troops to receive training at the Russian defence centres

Here Are The Main Players Fighting In Pakistan's High-Stakes Elections

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 25, 2018

The Pakistan election on Wednesday comes after a brief but acrimonious campaign, complicated by a string of attacks which have prompted security fears.