report in The News, Dec 18, 2023Functioning as a security state, Pakistan has long formulated its foreign policy choices based on security needs and the aspiration to establish itself as a hard military power, says a report by a US-based think tank. According to Middle East Institute’s report, the approach has allowed the military to play a leading role in shaping both domestic and foreign policy decisions, often overshadowing civilian institutions. However, with changing global…
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By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 8, 2023Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, yesterday (07) said that the government could not do anything about the activities of ex-military officers overseas.Minister Sabry said so in response to The Island query whether the Sri Lankan law prohibited Sri Lankans from joining the armed forces of Ukraine. Three ex-military personnel including a former Special Forces officer serving with what is widely referred to as Ukrainian Foreign Legion aka…
Bureau Report in Dawn, November 28th, 2023PESHAWAR: The death toll from Sunday’s suicide attack on a security convoy in Bannu increased to two on Monday and the military identified the attacker as an Afghan national. Ten people were injured in the incident while the attacker was identified as an Afghan national affiliated with Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, according to a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations. The attacker was riding a motorcycle laden with…
By Methmalie Dissanayake in Ceylon Today, Nov 24, 2023Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, claimed in Parliament yesterday (23) that, in his view, deploying the Police and Military exclusively to address the Aragalaya and its associated incidents for about a year, resulted in diverting the attention of the law enforcement agencies away from underworld activities and drug-related issues in the country. Speaking during the Committee Stage debate on Expenditure Heads on Defence and Public Security,…
By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews Online, Nov 16, 2023 at 8:43 PMThe Islamic Emirate, in response to the remarks of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, said that the current Afghan government has not given any military equipment to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said they have kept the remaining military equipment of foreign forces in depots and have no relations with the TTP. “We deny this…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 15, 2023 at 9:16 PMA number of refugees expelled from Pakistan say they have suffered psychologically due to harassment by the Pakistani military. Officials at the health camp in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar say that many refugees deported from Pakistan are struggling with depression due to torture by the Pakistani military. Every day, hundreds of Afghans who suffer from depression due to mistreatment and torture by Pakistani soldiers, visit…
Report in Dawn, November 15th, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan entered into agreements worth $364 million to sell arms with two private US military companies last year. These weapons were allegedly sent to Ukraine for its war with Russia, BBC Urdu has claimed. According to the report published on Monday, the contracts were signed with “Global Military” and “Northrop Grumman” for the sale of 155mm shells. According to the Pakistan Ordnance Factory, the shells could be fired from…
by Naveed Hussain in T- magazine in The Express Tribune, Nov 12th, 2023.KARACHI: The ongoing spurt in high-profile and mass casualty terrorist attacks in Pakistan is worrying. Of more concern is the fact that Afghanistan served as a springboard for most of these attacks. The brazen assault on the Mianwali training airbase and the deadly ambush on a military convoy in Gwadar happened in quick succession, preceded by a bomb attack on a police patrol…
by Iftikhar Shirazi in Dawn, November 9th, 2023Two terrorists were killed while four others were injured during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Ursoon, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chitral district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces had conducted an IBO last night during which an “intense exchange of fire” took place with militants. “Resultantly, two terrorists were sent to…
report in The News, November 04, 2023RAWALPINDI: A terror attack on the Mianwali Training Air Base of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has been thwarted and all the personnel and assets are safe, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Saturday. “On 04 November, 2023, in the early hours of the day, Mianwali Training Air Base of Pakistan Air Force came under a failed terrorist attack which, Alhumdolliah, due to the swift and…