Recalling that Pak-China friendship was the outcome of centuries of people-to-people contacts, Prime Minister LI Keqiang, in his address before the Senate, said that it had been fostered and nurtured by generations after generations. And it was that spirit with which the two countries were imbued ...
UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday renewed his appeal for unfettered access to Syria for the United Nations team probing the alleged use of chemical weapons during the conflict, as he met in New York with the head of the investigation. “A credible and comprehensive ...
ABU DHABI US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet United Arab Emirates leaders on Thursday to wrap up a major arms deal that both nations see as a way to thwart Iran’s military power.Hagel arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday on the last leg of a six-nation tour of the Middle East in ...
TEL AVIV Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel met his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon on Monday to put the finishing touches on a major arms deal and for talks on Syria’s civil war and the Iranian nuclear threat. Speaking at a joint news conference in Tel Aviv, Hagel confirmed the two had ...
TEL AVIVA major US arms deal with Israel sends Iran a "very clear signal" that military action remains an option to stop it from going nuclear, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Tel Aviv on Sunday.Hagel's remarks were made shortly before his arrival in the Jewish state at the start of a ...
SEOUL North Korea reiterated on Saturday that it would not give up its nuclear weapons, rejecting a US condition for talks although it said it was willing to discuss disarmament. North Korea, in a sign of a possible end to weeks of heightened hostility on the Korean peninsula, offered the ...
washington The United States unveiled plans Friday to sell $10 billion worth of advanced missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in a bid to counter the threat posed by Iran.It was highly unusual for the Pentagon to announce an arms deal covering three ...
American presidential candidate Jimmy Carter described arms sales as a “cancer”. But once in office he achieved little in controlling them. In President Bill Clinton’s first term Amnesty International questioned the US government about the use of American military helicopters and ...
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Interior has stopped the processing of pending directives and approvals of the parliamentarians and general public regarding issuance of computerized prohibited and non-prohibited arms licenses with effect from March 31.According to an official handout issued by the ...
SHEIKHUPURA - The Narang Mandi Police claimed to have arrested two illegal arms dealers here the other day. The police also recovered huge quantity of illegal weapons from the dealer shop. The police said that Waqif Khan and Zadat Khan residents of Peshawar had been selling weapons illegally for ...
On a point of order in the National Assembly‚ Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that there is no quota for arms licenses after the Sindh High Court judgment.He said a Smart Card was introduced by the Interior Ministry in lieu of old license book. He said in order to cater to large number of ...
LAHORE – Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) president Talal Akbar Bugti on Saturday raised question on the efficiency and purpose of secret agencies if ‘arms and money is being pumped in Balochistan from outside.’ Addressing a press conference along with Jamat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar ...
KHYBER AGENCY – Security forces arrested a fake currency dealer in addition to foiling a bid of arms smuggling Afghanistan, official sources said on Thursday.They said that Suleman, son of Said Tahir, resident of Afghanistan, was arrested after the Torkham border security forces recovered a ...
NEW YORK — Weapons sent by Saudi Arabia and Qatar to aid Syrian rebels are ending up in the hands of Islamic jihadists, according to media reports, citing American officials in the Middle East and the United States. The U.S. has supported a policy of indirect aid to the forces seeking to ...
quetta - Security forces recovered huge cache of arms in Dera Murad Jamali on Tuesday. According to sources, security personnel, acting on a tip-off raided a house owned by Gul Muhammad in Hasilwa area of Dera Murad Jamali and recovered 1 SMG, 6 magazines, 150 rounds, 1 short gun, double barrel gun ...
LAHORE – The more the weapons market thrives, the more gun crimes are being reported in Punjab, suggesting how the criminals brazenly carry guns to strike at will while the police are helpless in checking them. Police sources revealed that at least 3,149 cases of murder and 3,890 of attempt ...
KARACHI - Anti-Extremist Cell of Crime Investigation Department claimed to have arrested three arms smugglers from Maripur area.The arrests were disclosed in a press conference held on Saturday at the Anti-Extremist Cell office located in Garden Headquarters.The accused were identified as Muhammad ...
KARACHI - Following the increased incidents of extortion and targeted-killings in the city, the Sindh government, in consultation with the traders’ bodies, has prepared a comprehensive plan, which include issuing arms’ licences to the traders, deploy additional 500 cops in ...
MARDAN - The local police claimed to have arrested 364 outlaws and recovered a huge quantity of explosives and weapons during the ongoing crackdown in Mardan region. Briefing the media on Thursday, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Mardan, Abdullah Khan, said that the police in the ...
ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Thursday that arms and ammunition get transported to Karachi in large quantities from Afghanistan through routes originating from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reported a private TV channel. “Ferrari camps were also resurfacing in Afghanistan and soon ...
SANAA - US drones bombed suspected Al-Qaeda arms caches in a hilly region in Yemen’s restive southern province of Abyan on Sunday, witnesses told AFP.Six missiles targeted the suspected weapons hideouts in Jabal Khanfar, a hill overlooking the Abyan town of Jaar, which is controlled by ...
QUETTA - A bid to smuggle a huge quantity of heavy weapons to interior parts of Balochistan failed after the truck carrying weapons overturned near Chaman, a bordering town near Afghanistan, on Saturday.According to sources, the truck was loaded with heavy and light weapons, covered with wood boxes ...
NANKANA SAHIB - A high-level committee has been constituted to look into the matter of 27,000 fake arms licenses issued allegedly in connivance with a police official and a clerk of the DCO office.The committee comprises the director anti-corruption, the DCO and DPO of Nankana, Deputy director and ...
It was 1974 and the Gentleman Cadet No. 13094, Naeem Khalid Lodhi was given the prestigious appointment of Company Senior under Officer (CSUO) Khalid Company in the PMA Kakul. He was one of the eight cadets who got this coveted appointment out of 300 cadets in the 50th PMA Long Course. ...
RAWALPINDI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that he was once again inviting militants for talks, but they would have to lay down their arms and renounce violence first.Speaking to the media in Rawalpindi, Malik said that suicide attacks had gone down because of the help given by ...
LAHORE – Interior Ministry remained failed on Friday to submit its reply in the Lahore High Court hearing different petitions of arms license holders, who challenged the direction of Ministry of Interior ordering the license holders to surrender their licenses to Nadra by Dec 31.Justice ...
LAHORE – The Anti-Narcotics Force Commander, who on Wednesday awarded cash prizes to Rangers personnel for their marvellous performance, said the Rangers have seized 400 bottles of liquor, 15 kg heroin, Indian tea, charas, and packets of cigarettes. He said three drug smugglers ...
KARAK -7 Karak police arrested four persons while foiling a bid to smuggle narcotics and weapons here on Sunday. Police sources said four persons, identified as Muhammad Fayaz, Ihsanullah, Muhammad Anees and Hameedullah, residents of Easak Khumari, were allegedly smuggling weapons and narcotics in ...
LAHORE–The Lahore High Court on Friday provisionally restrained federal government from implementing deadline for surrendering arm licenses to Nadra.Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan issued this order on petitions by many arms license holders who challenged the direction of Ministry of Interior ...
Hawks on both sides of the Pacific greeted the Obama administrations decision last month to fortify, rather than throttle back, Americas vast influence in East Asia as a defining moment in a looming confrontation between the United States and China. In the rush to militarise the worlds most ...






