by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Sept 27th, 2023LAHORE: With the PML-N seemingly undecided what its narrative would be in the upcoming elections, a close aide of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has claimed the party was not “demanding accountability of former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and former ISI head Gen Faiz Hamid.” His statement coincided with reports from London that Mr Nawaz was having second thoughts to his stated position on his demand for…
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Report in Dawn, September 4th, 2023LARKANA / DERA GHAZI KHAN: A large number of people took to the streets in different cities of Sindh on Sunday to protest against the abduction of some members of the minority Hindu community and increasing incidents of robberies in the province. The sit-in, in which people from all faiths are participating, was staged for the recovery of the abducted members of the Hindu community in Kashmore, including Mukhi Jagdish…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, August 19, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan will not be tried under Army Act 1952 in the cipher case. According to a government source, certain offences under the Official Secrets Act 1923 are though tried under Army Act of 1952, in the case of Imran Khan’s offence he will be tried in a criminal court under normal judicial system. The FIA has recently booked Imran…
report in The News, July 06, 2023RAWALPINDI: Three soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred and three civilians were injured when a suicide bomber exploded himself in the general area of Miran Shah, North Waziristan District, on Wednesday. Naib Subedar Sahib Khan (age 41 years, resident of Mianwali), Naik Muhammad Ibrahim (age 40 years, resident of Dera Ismail Khan) and Sepoy Jahangir Khan (age 24 years, resident of Mardan) embraced Shahadat while three innocent civilians…
report in The Daily Star, Jun 5, 2023Chief of Bangladesh Army General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed yesterday said army teams are finding out and capturing the suspected terrorists from their hideouts in different hills and have already succeeded to take control of their main training camp. “They are no longer in the area… some of them have assimilated with locals. As they are also citizens of Bangladesh, we want them to play a role in the…
report in Prothom Alo, May 16, 2023Law enforcement agencies including the police do not have any specific information about the whereabouts of Major (retd) Abdul Jalil, the main accused in the Colonel Khandkar Nazmul Huda murder case. It has been confirmed that he is alive. It is learned that he used to live in an apartment in Siddheshwari of the capital a couple of years ago. Nobody has any information as to where he lives…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 21, 2023The government has decided to give three more years to the Nepal Army to complete the Rs175 billion Kathmandu-Tarai expressway, the fourth extension in six years after the project failed to meet the completion deadline. The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday took the decision to this effect. The new deadline is April 2027. On May 4, 2017, the government formally handed over the much-touted project to the army, putting…
Report in The News, April 20, 2023The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh police claimed a major success after arresting a suspected militant of a banned militant organisation, Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army, in a recent raid in Karachi. The CTD spokesperson said the operation was carried out with the assistance of a federal intelligence agency. The suspect, identified as Obaidullah, was apprehended in Gulshan-e-Hadeed. A pistol with a magazine was seized from his possession. The initial…
report on SL Defence Ministry online, Feb 09, 2023Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, NI (M) pledged his fullest support to the Sri Lankan armed forces on 9 Feb, 2023. General Mirza also discussed the importance of further enhancing of defence related ties through military diplomacy during a meeting held with the Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva at the Office of the Chief of Defence…