ISLAMABAD - Former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif was granted a no-objection certificate (NOC) to head a Saudi-led military alliance after due process, said PML-N MNA Khawaja Asif on Tuesday. “Gen Raheel applied for a NOC and it was approved by MOD (Ministry of Defence) after due ...

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman has vowed to “wipe” terrorists from the “face of the earth” using resources available to the Islamic Military Alliance (IMA), a so-called ‘Arab NATO’ which claims to be targeting a “faceless enemy,” rather than any particular “sect” ...

RIYADH - The 41-nation Islamic Military Alliance against Terrorism (IMAT), in which Pakistan holds a key role, will to hold its first meeting of defence ministers from member countries in the Saudi capital next week. The defense ministers of this Saudi-led anti-terrorism alliance of Muslim ...

JEDDAH - A local newspaper made a stunning revelation regarding the role of former chief of army staff and head of Islamic Military Alliance General (retd) Raheel Sharif in change of top command of Saudi Arabia's army. The Daily Khabrain newspaper claimed that replacement of Saudi Arabia’s army ...

RAWALPINDI - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations. Issues of bilateral interest and regional security came under discussion during the meeting, the ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite repeated efforts, Iran has declined Pakistan's offer to join the Saudi-led military alliance headed by General Raheel Sharif, it emerged on Wednesday. According to a report by The Nation, senior officials at the foreign ministry expressed that Pakistan had been making efforts to ...

RIYADH - As many as five thousand troops of Pakistan Army would likely be joining Islamic Military Alliance to help Saudi Arabia safeguard its southern region which borders Yemen, it emerged on Monday. Although the former military head General Raheel Sharif has already departed to Saudi Arabia ...

RIYADH - The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen has arrested a number of members and senior leaders of different nationalities belonging to al-Qaeda in the city of Mukalla. Arab coalition forces fighting to support the Yemeni counter-terrorism army in their battle against Houthi ...

ISLAMABAD - Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, who earlier announced that Pakistani government has formally permitted former chief of army staff General (retd) Raheel Sharif to lead Islamic military alliance, revealed another point regarding his appointment which raises a question mark on the entire ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua referring to the appointment of former chief of army staff General (retd) Raheel Sharif as head of Saudi-led military alliance has said that any retired military officer is free to accept any job. She stated this during a meeting of the National Assembly ...

KARACHI - PML-N stalwart Muhammad Zubair has claimed that former Chief of Army Staff General (retd.) Raheel Sharif wouldn’t have even dreamt of becoming the army chief. Muhammad Zubair who was recently sworn in as Governor Sindh made these remarks during a current affairs program on Samaa TV. ...

RIYADH - The government of Saudi Arabia has issued former Pakistan Army chief Gen. (r) Raheel Sharif and his wife a three-year multiple visa for Saudi Arabia, it has been learnt. According to a report by The News, this important development hints towards the possibility that Gen. (r) Raheel Sharif ...