islamabad - General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf’s lawyers, who are defending him in the high treason case, Wednesday clashed with each other in the courtroom over the claim of being the leading counsel of former President of Pakistan.A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and ...

SOMERSET: They were once only required to push a pram and read a bedtime story to the children in their charge, but now, a new breed of nannies is being taught stunt driving and how to deal with paparazzi to prepare them for childcare in the 21st century. Norland College in Bath, Somerset, which ...

Last month, the Information Office of the State Council, China's cabinet, published a white paper on its armed forces. The document scrutinises the latest situation, fresh challenges and new missions; examines building and development of China's armed forces; reflects on defending national ...

RIYADH : Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has removed veteran deputy defence minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan from his post, state media reported on Saturday, the latest move in a reshuffle among princes holding government jobs in the US-allied kingdom.Switches of important posts between princes ...

LONDON - Manchester City withstood a valiant fightback from Chelsea to win a gripping FA Cup semi-final 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday and knock the holders out of the competition. Goals in each half from Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero put City in control, but Chelsea replied through Demba Ba, ...

LOSAIL  - Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo began his MotoGP title defence in style with an emphatic win in the season-opener at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit on Sunday.The Yamaha ace charged to the 24th win of his MotoGP career, finishing 5.990 seconds ahead of teammate and seven-time ...

RAWALPINDI - Defence Secretary and Chairman Civil Avocation Authority (CAA) Board of Directors (BoD) Lt General (Retd) Asif Yasin Malik on Monday visited the new Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Fateh Jang, and reviewed the work in process there.Asif Yasin was flanked by Air Marshal (retd) ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Saleem H Mandviwalla said on Saturday the government would have a review for increasing the country's defence budget by Rs30billion in April for the ongoing financial year, 2012-2013. The defence expenditures are likely to go up by ...

An Afghan delegation led by Defence Minister General Bismillah Khan Muhammadi called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at General Headquarters Monday.According to a statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations here, the two sides discussed matters of professional ...

ISLAMABAD - The ‘disclosures’ from Defence Secretary LT-Gen (retd) Asif Yasin Malik on the ‘grey areas’ concerning the strategic relationship between Pakistan and the United States apparently put him into trouble with the retraction issued about his related statements a day ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan hockey team's dismal performance continued at the Asian Champions Trophy currently underway in Doha, Qatar, as they lost the crucial match against archrivals India 2-1.It was expected that after relatively better showing in the recently-concluded Champions Trophy Hockey ...

KARACHI - Defence Authority Public School (O&A Levels) Seaview won DHA Inter School Athletic Championship 2012 held here at Rahat football stadium, DHA Ph-VI on Wednesday. SAF Games gold medallist Ms Nasim Hameed was the chief guest on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Naseem underscored ...

Revelation made before the Senate by Defence Minister Naveed Qamar that his ministry has no record of any agreement with the United States allowing CIA-operated drones to carry out operations within Pakistani territory is hardly shocking. He said he was not in a position to state as to when these ...

ISLAMABAD - Making an extremely naive and childish revelation, Defence Minister Naveed Qamar has totally dissociated the defence ministry and the armed forces from the CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan, passing the buck on the Ministry of States and Frontier Region and the political ...

LAHORE – The Defence Ministry has imposed a ban on protocol of private passengers at all airports of the country, said a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) official on Friday in Lahore.The official said that the decision was taken by the Defence Ministry after some CAA employees were found ...

RAWALPINDI - The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) meeting was held at the Joint Staff Headquarters which was presided over by the Committee’s Chairman General Khalid Shameem Wynne, a Press release issued here on Thursday said. Top security and defence chiefs reiterating the resolve to ...

QUETTA - The Supreme Court Friday issued an interim order in Balochistan law and order case declaring all non-custom paid vehicles and arms as illegal and directing for their seizure and arresting those who had been issued Rahdaris (permits) for using such vehicles and arms.A three-member bench, ...

 KARACHI - Defence Secretary Nargis Sethi paid a two-day visit to naval bases in Gwadar and Ormara. Commander Coast Rear Admiral Zafar Mehmood Abbasi accompanied the secretary during her visit. She was briefed on the operational aspects of both the bases that acted as forward surveillance ...

It was heartening that General Kayani in a conversation with correspondents on April 19 called for a comprehensive national security concept recognising the importance of development as its essential ingredient. He was quoted to have said: “Ultimately, the security of a country is not only ...

LAHORE - The 23rd annual general meeting of Defence Forces Veterans Association of Pakistan (DFVA-Pak) was held at Lahore Garrison on Monday.Major General Malik Zafar lqbal Garrison Commander was the chief guest.Addressing the participants, Major General Malik Zafar lqbal said the nation fully ...

Kabul  - Two bomb attacks killed eight civilians and an Afghan security official in Afghanistan on Wednesday as US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was visiting troops in a military camp in the southern Afghan province. "A roadside mine planted by the Taliban blasted in Marja district when a ...

In print and electronic media, some economists and politicians often express their concern that the military consumes 70 percent of the budget and hardly anything is left for social sector allocations. There is a raging debate about which of the two is more important - economy or defence? In ...

KARACHI - Amid an escalating domestic pressure on the government over the “restoration of Nato supplies via aerial route(s)”, Parliamentary Committee on National Security Chief Raza Rabbani asserted on Thursday that notices have been issued to the Defence and Foreign secretaries over ...

Oxford Dictionary defines the noun as 'the action of defending from or resisting attack'. Not long ago on Defence Day, Gillani said that "our Defence is impregnable". Its ironic, how at the same time Wikileaks exposed the compliance of the rulers in tearing apart the defence of the country. It has ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court has directed the Defence and Interior Secretaries to submit a detailed report over the Railways lands under the possession of armed forces.The court expressed dismay over the Railways Chairman, who did not turn up despite the court notice, and directed him to ensure ...

“Two wrongs do not make a right.” – An old proverbIn my article, titled Re-inventing the Role published in TheNation on December 12, 2007, I advocated a new strategic-management doctrine for civil-military relations in a democratic Pakistan. At the time, it was hailed by many ...

LAHORE – While the Pakistan Railways is continuing its efforts to retrieve illegally occupied land, an official disclosed here on Wednesday that talks have been initiated with government departments and the defence forces to vacate entire PR land under their control.It is worth mentioning ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court, while expressing annoyance over the not submitting of reply by newly appointed Secretary Defence Nargis Sethi, on Monday ordered the district revenue officer Swat to immediately give possession of lands and orchards to Abdul Ghafar Khan.Petitioner Abdul Ghaffar Khan, ...

LAHORE - The manufacturers can use Trade Defence Laws available in Pakistan to effectively counter the Indian threat following the MFN status to India, stated WTO experts on Monday. “To effectively resist the Indian cheaper goods threat, Pakistan’s industry needs to use Trade Defence ...

KARACHI - Unidentified culprits on Tuesday snatched the car of Defence additional secretary near NIPA roundabout in Gulistan-e-Jauhar Police precincts.Bashir Ahmad Abbasi, additional secretary, Defence, who went to NIPA to attend service course, lost his vehicle (GP-1730) at gunpoint.  They ...