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Pakistan Navy and Royal Bahrain Defence Force’s Special Operation Force concluded joint exercise Shaheen Al Jazeera-2019 Read More »

Exclusive PARIS (PPA) — France and India are expected to hold series of meetings and exercises ranging from counter-terrorism to nuclear, biological and chemical warfare during next few days. India has dispatched at least three delegations representing India’s Interior Ministry (Home Affairs), National Investigation Agency (NIA) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to hold meetings with French officials as part ... Read More »

Pakistan government has approved the sale of three JF-17 aircraft to Nigerian Air Force against a sum of $184.3 million. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved the issuance of a certificate of sovereign guarantee to show commitment for the aircraft sale to the Nigerian Air Force. Nigeria is Pakistan’s second international customer for its domestically assembled JF-17 “Thunder” multirole ... Read More »

Pakistan, Russia joint military drills “Friendship 2018” to begin on Oct 21 in the mountains of Pakistan Pakistani and Russian military drills “Friendship 2018” will commence in the mountains of Pakistan from Sunday at the training range of the National Counter-Terrorist Center in Pabbi area. “The joint drills of units of the Russian and Pakistani armed forces ‘Friendship 2018′ will ... Read More »

Pakistan Army on Friday appointed Lt Gen Nadeem Raza as new Chief of General Staff (CGS) amidst a major reshuffle in which almost one-third of the corps commanders were replaced. The appointments announ­ced on Friday and the upcoming changes together mean that a total of 22 positions of lieutenant generals will be affected. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), ... Read More »

Pakistan Army on Monday announced the formation of a formal court of inquiry to probe whether ex-ISI chief Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani disclosed any national secrets in a recently launched book he co-authored with a former spy chief of neighboring India. A “competent authority” has been approached to add his name on the Exit Control List (ECL), the military’s media ... Read More »

Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa reached Tehran on Sunday on a three-day official visit, which is the first official visit of any army chief in over two decades. Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa reached Tehran on Sunday to hold talks with the Iranian leaders regarding bilateral matters, the military said. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director ... Read More »

Annual international military patrolling event held in United Kingdom A team of Pakistan Army has won a gold medal in Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2017 held in the United Kingdom. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement, it said that Pakistan Army has won a gold medal in an annual international military patrolling event held in the United Kingdom. The ... Read More »

Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi joined the Pakistan Navy in 1978 and has served the Pakistan Navy in various capacities On the advice of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the President has appointed Vice Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi as new Chief of Naval Staff in place of Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah. The change of command ceremony will be held on 07th October ... Read More »

Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization Director visits Pakistan to advance U.S.-Pakistan cooperation ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and United States have discussed matters relating to training and military cooperation between the two countries. The discussion took place as Lieutenant General Michael Shields, Director of the Department of Defense’s Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) led a four-member delegation on a three-day visit to Pakistan this week.  ... Read More »