NEW DELHI- The year saw Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir consolidating unprecedented authority over the civilian government without staging a physical armed coup like earlier instances, yet reshaping ...

PESHAWAR: In a gruesome incident, a female doctor was shot dead by unidentified armed men while returning home after completing her duty in District Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said on Monday.

Balochistan has experienced its largest-ever coordinated militant attacks, with the BLA separatist group storming security posts and towns in a dramatic escalation of a long-running insurgency.

Rusted nails hold used infusion tubes on the wall of a clinic run by one among hundreds of thousands of unqualified doctors operating across Pakistan. Dozens of patients visit the small roadside shop ...

ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia has awarded its highest national honor to Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, during his visit to Riyadh, Pakistan’s military said Monday, underscoring deepening ...

FORT HOOD, Texas — A Washington-based law firm on Monday filed seven administrative complaints against the U.S. Army under the Federal Tort Claims Act on behalf of women who say they were sexually ...

Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has rarely escaped the grip of its powerful army. Even when not ruling outright, generals have wielded authority from the shadows, making and breaking governments, ...

Rights groups have voiced alarm after a Pakistani court rejected two lawyers’ pleas for acquittal in a case they say is aimed at punishing criticism of the military. An Islamabad court on Dec. 4 ...

On September 29, U.S. President Donald Trump stood at the White House beside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and unveiled a sweeping 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. In the middle of ...

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The most powerful man in Pakistan is having a stellar year. Pakistan army chief Asim Munir put up a strong show in a short conflict with India earlier this year—becoming only the second army officer ...

Pakistani Field Marshal Gen Asim Munir. Credit: Wikimedia/Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan Pakistan’s government has undertaken a significant initiative to restructure the highest echelons of ...