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UNHRC: Pashtuns protest against Pakistan Army

Sep 25, 2020, at 03:28 am

Geneva: Condemning human rights violations in Pakistan, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe activists participated in a demonstration outside the UNHRC headquarters in Geneva recently to condemn the gross abuses in the South Asian nation.

2 soldiers killed in operation against militants in NW Pakistan

Sep 21, 2020, at 01:00 am

Islamabad/Xinhua: Two soldiers were killed when the Pakistani military conducted an operation against militants in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, an army statement said on Saturday night.

Pakistani security forces kill 4 terrorists in Balochistan: Pakistan army

Sep 19, 2020, at 11:55 pm

Islamabad/Xinhua: The Pakistan army said on Saturday that the security forces have killed four terrorists in southwestern Balochistan province during an operation.

Agenda of Pakistan Army is to militarily colonize Sindh: MQM leader

Aug 11, 2020, at 07:28 pm

London: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)'s founder Altaf Hussain has warned that the main intention of the Pakistan Army is to capture the entire Sindh and militarily colonize the province.

Baloch, Sindhi pro-freedom organisations to form united front combat Pak occupation and Army atrocities

Jul 28, 2020, at 06:17 pm

Quetta: In their bid to fight against Pakistan occupation of their regions,  a group of Baloch and Sindhi pro-freedom organisations  have decided to form a united front, media reports said.

Pak army generals are involved in 'religious terrorism' from Kabul to Kashmir, claims prominent Sindhi leader

Jul 19, 2020, at 12:01 am

Frankfurt: A Sindhi leader has written an open letter to  world leaders and human rights organisations and accused Pakistani army generals of their involvement in religious terrorism from Kabul to Kashmir since 1947.

Amid COVID-19 pandemic spread, Pakistani forces continue military operation, abductions in Balochistan

Jul 04, 2020, at 08:43 am

Quetta: Pakistan's Balochistan region is not only seeing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases but also continuous raids and alleged abductions by Pakistan's Armed forces, media reports said.

Pakistan Military is running profit enterprises, says report in Indian defence industry platform

Jun 08, 2020, at 09:41 am

An online platform of Indian defence industry has highlighted how the Pakistani Army, away from the primary work of protecting the country's border, is working to continue its roaring business empire that it has established for the past seven decades.

Pakistani forces see Coronavirus as more suitable opportunity to whisk away people in Balochistan: Activists

May 27, 2020, at 02:15 pm

Paris: Speakers like prominent human rights activists from Balochistan and western analysts have accused Pakistan Army of being responsible for enforced disappearances, torture and killing of intellectuals, students and political activists in the country's resource-rich province in a recent virtual conference by a Paris-based rights group of the Baloch.

Attack India with forces: PoK PM tells Imran Khan

May 13, 2020, at 06:00 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: At this moment of crisis when the world is combating COVID-19, Pakistan  occupied Kashmir (PoK) PM Farooq Haider has asked Pakistan PM Imran Khan to attack India with forces.

Balochistan: Two students disappeared, Pakistan Army blamed

May 12, 2020, at 06:01 pm

Quetta: Even at a time when Pakistan is combating COVID-19 outbreak, the country's military continued its domination over Balochistan people as two students have  disappeared in the region, media reports said.

Pakistan: Punjab govt ratifies army land allotment to civilian officials

May 06, 2020, at 05:12 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: The Punjab government has ratified the allotment of  up to 25 acres of state land to 47 civilian government officials but they were actually meant for the families of the martyred soldiers and war veterans under the Army Welfare Scheme (AWS), media reports said.

Pakistan mulling army deployment in Gilgit Baltistan, says PoK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza

Apr 07, 2020, at 07:16 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Doubting that it might be an attempt to establish absolute army rule, a human rights activist has alleged that the Pakistan Army is considering a massive deployment of troops in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region.

Baloch leader claims Pakistan Army using COVID 19 outbreak as a ground to expand occupation in Balochistan

Mar 29, 2020, at 03:20 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: A Baloch leader has claimed that the Pakistani military is using the Coronavirus outbreak in the nation to expand its occupation and grip in Balochistan, media reports said.

Pakistan Army: Baloch officer kills Colonel Maula Bakhsh Lahori; Pashtun and Baloch officers desert duty

Mar 20, 2020, at 10:38 am

Islamabad/IBNS: Reflecting an internal conflict within the Pakistan Army and a revolt that broke out in 31 Baloch Regiment, a clash erupted between Baloch officer Major Gul Marjan Bugti and Punjabi officer Colonel Maula Bakhsh Lahori recently. Colonel Lahori was killed in the clash, sources said.

Freedom for Balochistan will not be denied: Victims of Baloch Genocide

Mar 12, 2020, at 02:47 pm

Geneva/IBNS: A pavilion is set up outside the UN Office of Geneva adjacent to iconic broken chair and named as “Save the Baloch” is a campaign by rights activists to garner greater international awareness for the near-extermination of the people of Balochistan in Pakistan.

Pakistan ethnic groups stage protest in Geneva on UNHRC sidelines, Pashtun leader seeks India's help

Mar 04, 2020, at 06:35 pm

Geneva/IBNS: Voicing their discontent, human rights activists from Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi and other communities have highlighted the atrocities perpetrated by the Pakistani military establishment on these group, with a pavilion displaying 'Stop Pashtun Torture' at Broken Chair in Geneva recently.

Minority groups of Pakistan protest against atrocities of Army in Geneva

Mar 01, 2020, at 10:07 pm

Geneva/IBNS: Several minority groups from Pakistan protested against  Pakistani Army for its atrocities and put up banners and posters in Geneva city where the United Nations Human Rights Council session is going on.

Pakistan introduces bill to extend country's army chief's tenure

Jan 03, 2020, at 04:06 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Paving way for three-year extension for Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, country's Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak on Friday tabled the Pak­­­is­tan Army (Amend­ment) Act 2020 in the National Assembly on Friday.

Amid report of attack on minorities, now religious discrimination within Pakistan Army emerges

Sep 17, 2019, at 01:53 pm

Lahore, Sept 17: At a time when Pakistan is witnessing several incidents of attack on minorities and forced conversions, a religious divide in the powerful Pakistan Army has become evident after the widow of a late Major General alleged a disturbing incident experienced by her.

Pakistani Army free drug dealer arrested by own police in PoK's Muzaffarabad

Sep 02, 2019, at 09:30 pm

Muzaffarabad, Sept 2 (IBNS): In Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, it seems police proposes and Army disposes. A video recently released on an incident which took place in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir's Muzaffarabad area showed a drug peddler was caught by the police but freed by the Pakistani Army.

Six Pakistani soldiers killed in North Waziristan

Jul 28, 2019, at 05:15 pm

Islamabad, July 28 (IBNS): Six Pakistani Army soldiers were killed  in the country's North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday when terrorists opened fire on them from across the Pak-Afghan border, officials said.

Pakistan: Security forces kill six 'terrorists'

Jun 03, 2018, at 06:44 pm

Islamabad, June 3 (IBNS): The Pakistan Army on Sunday claimed six 'terrorists' have been killed in two separates areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

Pakistan's Geo TV forced to go off-air, govt. says not responsible

Apr 07, 2018, at 07:48 pm

Islamabad, Apr 7 (IBNS): Pakistan's largest television network, Geo TV, has been forced to go off-air, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan Army promotes seven Major Generals to rank of Lieutenant Generals

Dec 10, 2016, at 12:58 am

Islamabad, Dec 9 (IBNS): The Pakistan Army on Friday announced that country's seven Major Generals have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Generals.

Pakistan Army Chief confirms death sentences awarded to 4 militants

Dec 06, 2016, at 01:17 am

Islamabad, Dec 5 (IBNS): Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Jawed Bajwa on Monday confirmed the death sentences awarded to four militants, media reports said.