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Brigadier Ali Khan, a senior army officer who was court-martialled over links his suspected with a banned outfit, was released from Adiala Jail on Monday night. Ex-Brig Ali Khan was awarded five years rigorous imprisonment by the Field General Court Marshal (FGCM) in 2012. He was also accused...

During a seminar on Tuesday, senior journalist Zahid Hussein said Pakistan is lagging behind economically and has become isolated which is why there is a need for re-examining the country’s foreign policy. However, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi disagreed...

LAHORE - Tracing NDS footprints in the Punjab, the security services have spotted Afghan intelligence agency’s bids to create a subversive spying network in the province through their refugees, The Nation learnt through sources in the security agencies. Against the backdrop of possible...

A meeting of Sindh Apex Committee, chaired by Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, yesterday reviewed implementation of the National Action Plan. The apex committee decided to expand the scope of the targeted operation to the entire province to completely eliminate terrorists after Eidul Fitr. It also...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has formally advised the federal government not to give further extension to Afghan refugees to stay in Pakistan, as their official stay period is going to expire on June 30 (tomorrow). The KP government has sent its recommendations, saying the province has...

By Tushar Ranjan Mohanty* On June 22, 2016, the Sargodha District Police of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) claimed to have arrested sixteen drugs dealers, recovering narcotics and illegal weapons. A Police spokesman disclosed that during a continued drive against drug pushers and criminals, special...

KARACHI: Intelligence agencies yesterday issued a chilling warning that banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) may carry out attacks in Peshawar and other cities of Pakistan in the coming days. According to an alert sent to the Sindh police, intelligence agencies have alerted law enforcement...

Chief of the General Staff and Defence Minister of Czech Republic expressed on Wednesday their interest for training of their country’s troops by Pakistan Army, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. Chief of Army Staff General Army Raheel Sharif arrived in Prague on a...

Pakistan’s ‘University of Jihad’ is getting millions of dollars from the government After terrorists killed more than 100 Pakistani school children 18 months ago, the country’s leaders vowed to crack down on religious seminaries that are recruiting grounds for domestic and international...

About $4 billion in military aid.

Talis are safe in Afghanistan. I wonder why.

That approach is not working because it is not about few billions to do the work. It has to be through proper alliance, long term relationship commitment, military assistance as well project work similar to CPEC.

A serious issue often ignored by most governments, climate change has the potential to greatly endanger the lives of millions of people in Pakistan. The present government, it seems, has finally realised the dangers of this global catastrophe as it has announced an amount of two billion rupees...

When are they going to realize that once their assistance is peanuts they will have no leverage. The only way to build leverage is to invest, build better ties, and by building an environment of trust and long term alliance like China.

Minister says existing commercial storages to be used as strategic stocks in war-like situation; Ogra has failed to maintain 21-day mandatory stock ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, which is in war against terrorism for more than one and half decade, still have no policy on strategic fuel storage placing –...

Anderson will tear up Pakistan. Amir will probably be second best.

The status of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) within the Pakistani constitutional framework has been an issue that has ebbed and flowed over the past 60 years. Previously, sectarian strife and the demographic restructuring of the region were reportedly responsible for the playing up of this issue...

Pakistan returned to the headlines last month, after a U.S. air strike eliminated Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Mansour inside Pakistani territory. It marked the first ever U.S. strike on an Afghan Taliban leader inside the group’s Pakistani sanctuary of Baluchistan, which had been off-limits...