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Lt Gen Asim Munir named Pakistan's new army chief
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir as the Chief of the Army Staff using the constitutional authority, Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Auran
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Pakistan Army Chief admits military involvement in politics
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
While addressing the Defence and Martyrs Day ceremony, the Army Chief said that armies around the world are seldom criticized "but our army is often subjected to criticism." "I think the reason for that is the army's involvement in politics. That is why in February, the army decided to not i
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Pakistan government receives list of contenders for country's next army ch
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gen Bajwa, 61, is slated to retire next week after a three-year extension. Besides the government, the Pakistani army also confirmed that it had sent the names of six top lieutenant generals for the appointment of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) and the chairman of the joint chief of staff
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Beijing seeks early implementation of projects under China-Pakistan Econom
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Xi called it "important" to accelerate the construction of auxiliary infrastructure for Gwadar Port to showcase its role in pushing interconnected development in the region.
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Pakistan 'uninhabitable' for gender minorities as transgenders continue to
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan remains uninhabitable for the gender minorities asTransgenders continue to live a life of misery in the South-Asian country and the violence against them goes largely unnoticed. According to data from the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Pakistan saw the killings of at lea
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Process for appointment of new Pakistan army chief likely to start today:
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The tenure of present Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa will end on November 29. However, Pakistan's new army chief will likely be appointed before November 27, as per the Dawn report.
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PM Shehbaz to appoint new army chief in a "day or two" says Pak Interior M
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be appointing a new army chief in a "day or two" as he believes that further delay over the appointment will not be appropriate.
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Pakistani film 'Joyland' gets censor nod for screening after cutting some
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The full board has allowed the local screening of Joyland, which was banned earlier, after deleting some parts. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif formed a cabinet committee to look into the matter after some schools of thought had objected to the movie.
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Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif's murder "well planned": Kenya Human Ri
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Kenyan lawyer claimed that Arshad Sharif's shooters were trained for a long period of time. "Ordinarily it is very difficult to get a headshot on a very specific target or an individual in a moving vehicle. Even at a close range, it is very difficult but if you look at circumstances in w
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8 Pak security personnel killed in two terror incidents
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The first incident, which was claimed by outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), occurred in the Lakki Marwat's Kurrum Par area when militants opened fire on a police van, killing six personnel. In a separate incident, two soldiers were killed and a militant killed in a clash near the Pak
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Terrorism is Pakistan's foremost problem: PM Shehbaz Sharif
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Six policemen were killed in Wednesday's attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Lakki Marwat, Pakistan's Daily Times reported. The newspaper said that two terrorists on a motorcycle opened fire on their van. According to police, the assailants attacked the police van on Abbasa Road, Wanda Shahab Khe
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PM Shehbaz Sharif violated secrecy by consulting 'fugitive' Nawaz, says Im
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
He leveled the allegation while addressing the long march from his Lahore residence, The News International newspaper reported. Khan claimed that Shehbaz violated the country's Official Secrecy Act by consulting his elder brother, Nawaz Sharif on the new COAS appointment.
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