Israel has closed a field hospital set up near the Syrian border to treat the sick and those wounded in the conflict ravaging the neighbouring country, the army said Friday. The day clinic was set up in August 2017 and since then had provided medical care to some 6,800 Syrians, the army said in a […]
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ECP suspends all local body officials till July,25
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended mayors, deputy mayors, chairmen, and vice-chairmen of all the local bodies across the country. According to the ECP the action has been taken to ensure free, fair, and impartial elections on July25. However, earlier this month the commission had shuffled civil servants across the country to attenuate […]
37 brigadiers promoted to major general ranks: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: 37 brigadiers, including nine from Army Medical Corps, have been promoted to the rank of major general, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). According to the statement, a promotion board from brigadiers to major general was carried out at General Headquarters (GHQ) and was presided over by Chief of […]
PTI, PML-N commend ECP’s decision to deploy army at polling stations
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) expressed their support for the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to deploy the military to protect polling stations on 25th July, the day of the general elections. PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah voiced his party’s approval of the decision, claiming that his party […]
PML-N should not clash with institutions, suggests Nisar
TAXILA: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday suggested that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Nawaz Sharif should refrain from clashing with the judiciary and the army. “I believe we should not clash with either the judiciary or the army since any relief in disqualification period of Nawaz would be finalised by the judiciary […]
Twitterati react to Gen Bajwa’s press talk
Apropos Strategic Affairs Editor Daily Times Imtiaz Gul’s story on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s press talk, journalists and analysts have took to Twitter to have their say on the chief’s remarks. According to Imtiaz Gul’s story, the COAS voiced his opinion on various issues concerning the country. Gen Bajwa remarked […]
Fractions of army, judiciary damage democracy, says Nawaz
KARACHI: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday once again criticises institutions saying every time democracy starts flourishing, factions of judiciary or army try to sabotage it. He was addressing a seminar on the topic ‘The future of democracy in Pakistan’ held in Karachi. Nawaz claimed that there were some fractions in certain institutions which are […]
Army pays tribute to Quaid-e-Azam on his 141th birthday: ISPR
LAHORE: Pakistan Armed Forces pay tribute to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on his 141st birthday, said the Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor Bajwa on Monday. Quoting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, DG ISPR said that the Quaid’s vision of “human values, social justice, equality and […]
COAS briefs Senate’s in-camera session
LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa briefed the in-camera session of the Senate on national security issues on Tuesday. It is the first time that the army chief gave such a detailed briefing to the Senate, said the former Senate chairman and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Farook H Naek. “The […]
Islamabad operation: 6 killed in clashes between security forces, protesters on Saturday
LAHORE: At least six people were killed and hundreds wounded as law enforcement agencies finally launched an operation to clear Faizabad interchange from protesters on Saturday. The six killed were identified as Hafiz Mohammad Adeel, Jahanzaib Butt, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Sharjeel, Zohaib Ahmed and Mohammad Irfan. The injured also include senior police officials, nine police officers […]