Pakistan’s Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir has taken charge as the head of the country’s Army. File | Photo Credit: AP General Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s former spymaster, on Tuesday assumed charge as the country’s new Army chief, replacing General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who retired after two consecutive three-year terms. Lt. Gen. Munir assumed charge … Read more
In his final public address as Pakistan’s Army chief, Gen Bajwa said the military establishment’s “unconstitutional” interference in politics over the past 70 years was the reason why it drew criticism from the general masses and politicians. File | Photo Credit: AP A day ahead of his retirement, Pakistan’s Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan‘s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have quietly exchanged letters expressing desire to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, a media report said on Sunday. The letters were exchanged after the election of Shehbaz as prime minister early this month but both the sides kept development away from the media … Read more
Lt General Asad Durrani with AS Dulat By C Uday Bhaskar This is an unusual book. Perhaps the word unusual begins with the first book authored by Pakistan’s former ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) chief Lt General Asad Durrani (retd), The Spy Chronicles, in 2018. For, this was co-written by Pakistan’s former spy chief with his Indian … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan cannot afford the risk of lawlessness and chaos as such a situation would have catastrophic consequences for both the countries, Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said. Chief of the Army Staff General Bajwa said this on Wednesday as he met troops on the western border and visited a hospital … Read more