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 ...

NEW DELHI -As the political-military situation deteriorates in Pakistan and faces persistent security threats from Afghanistan, Balochistan, and other non-state actors, along with political ...

Pakistan's military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, the deputy interior minister said.

Some 60,000 evacuees have been left in limbo by confusion and political disputes as Pakistan battles insurgents on its border with Afghanistan. By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Khyber district in ...

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.

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police and military forces killed over a 100 “Indian-backed terrorists” in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD — A suicide car bomber and three gunmen attacked a military post near a village in northwest Pakistan on Friday, triggering an hourlong gunbattle that killed four soldiers and wounded at ...

A Pakistani military court sentenced former intelligence chief Faiz Hameed to 14 years imprisonment on charges of espionage and abuse of power, according to a press release by the media and public ...

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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, ...